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Internet Smoke Shops Lure Tax-Averse Cigarette Buyers
Newhouse News Service ^

Posted on 07/31/2002 7:51:30 PM PDT by RCW2001

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To: SheLion
And top o' the day to you (are we crazy?)!
61 posted on 08/01/2002 2:55:27 AM PDT by Madame Dufarge
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To: PJ-Comix
Seneca Brand Native Smokes
62 posted on 08/01/2002 3:00:35 AM PDT by metesky
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To: Madame Dufarge
And top o' the day to you (are we crazy?)!

Nah! Just up early. LOL! I got more energy then usual this morning. Must be because it cooled off some.

63 posted on 08/01/2002 3:01:30 AM PDT by SheLion
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To: SheLion
In May of 1945, when Hitler committed suicide in his Berlin bunker, what was the first thing all the adults down there with him did on discovering the body?

They lit up a cigarette.

64 posted on 08/01/2002 3:14:48 AM PDT by metesky
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To: metesky
They lit up a cigarette.

I can well imagine!


65 posted on 08/01/2002 3:25:17 AM PDT by SheLion
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To: SheLion
I wouldn't assume that all smokers know that they have a 15% chance of getting lung cancer.

I smoked twenty years and thought the risks were a lot lower.

I don't support taxes or banning smoking anywhere.

I believe second hand smoke is a scam.

I also now know cigarettes are fatal to 15 out of every 100 smokers(thats just lung cancer, not to mention emphysema and heart disease).

Lung cancer kills about 160,000 Americans every year.

I don't really see the parallel to sunshine with statistics like those.

A lot of smokers don't like to hear these facts, and I don't blame them.

66 posted on 08/01/2002 3:26:22 AM PDT by Rome2000
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To: UB355
I was going to check this out until I saw this. I can walk into a Food Lion here and pick up a carton for $17.97...
67 posted on 08/01/2002 3:40:11 AM PDT by Doohickey
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To: Rome2000
Oh we know the facts and/or Junk Science!

I also now know cigarettes are fatal to 15 out of every 100 smokers(thats just lung cancer, not to mention emphysema and heart disease).

We all have to die from something. I would rather die knowing I enjoyed my life, then if I had sat in a corner rocking all my life, not enjoying life and things I find enjoyable.

I don't really see the parallel to sunshine with statistics like those.

The anti nico nazi's say that "second hand smoke" is a Class A Carcinogen. I said " the sun is also a Class A Carcinogen. Are they going to ban it too?"

68 posted on 08/01/2002 4:02:25 AM PDT by SheLion
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To: jenny65; grimalkin; VA Advogado; seeker41
YESMOKE

YES!

Be nimble, the are starting to sell out fast, very fast when they get a shipment of popular brands

69 posted on 08/01/2002 4:13:01 AM PDT by watcher1
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To: RCW2001
"It ought to be illegal to sell across state borders," says Crane, who is also part of a campaign to raise the smoking age to 21.

Physician, heal thyself.
Anti-smoking activist?

Scary; why would anyone patronize a doctor who seems to have so much free time on his hands?
His competency must not be current if "activism" is his specialty.

Go for it; Make yourself the new Madeline O'Hair: go for outlawing tobacco altogether. Your sanity would be less open to question, as well as your honesty.

70 posted on 08/01/2002 4:42:13 AM PDT by Publius6961
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To: VA Advogado
The real bargin is found here:

Unfortunately, a problem that a few thousand additional customs agents won't fix.

They can't keep killers off our airliners, but they can enforce tobacco criminal penalties no problem.

What's wrong with this picture?

71 posted on 08/01/2002 4:47:14 AM PDT by Publius6961
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To: metesky
The last time I bought a carton, it cost me $3.50
72 posted on 08/01/2002 4:50:10 AM PDT by AppyPappy
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To: Zon
"We're from the government and we're here to help."

I wonder how far back in time/history that phrase originates.

Undoubtedly caves were involved.

-Eric

73 posted on 08/01/2002 4:52:45 AM PDT by E Rocc
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To: jenny65
I guess I'm afraid one day I'll get a bill in the mail from the state for all the "back taxes" I owe...

Unfortunately, California is one of those.
I have heard of one poor soul who has gotten over a dozen letters from the state demanding payment for internet purchases.

He has ignored them all, but if the recent past is any indication, I expect a tragedy sometime soon, when the state, in it's usual heavy-handed way tries to force collection.
But a few deaths should be OK. These people are now criminals.

74 posted on 08/01/2002 4:53:58 AM PDT by Publius6961
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To: Rome2000
Living is 100% fatal.

Are you aware that when any smoker dies at any age, that the death is automatically listed as smoking-related?

So much for statistics, more statistics and lies.

Give me your lifestyle and I will identify a half-dozen life threatening bad habits you have that are also none of my business.

75 posted on 08/01/2002 4:59:39 AM PDT by Publius6961
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To: SheLion
Some do, most do not. It's up to the buyer to ask ahead of time if the customer list is revealed to the IRS.

Not sure its the IRS that gets the list. I understand it goe to the state taxing authorities. At the end of the year you could end up being billed for all the state taxes you thought you avoided. NOT GOOD.

76 posted on 08/01/2002 5:04:13 AM PDT by VA Advogado
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To: jenny65
Holy sh**! I've been smoking for 18 years and never paid that low a price. Are they reliable? Is the fact that they're overseas a problem legally? I've never bought smokes online before. I guess I'm afraid one day I'll get a bill in the mail from the state for all the "back taxes" I owe.

Yeah, those rates are like military px rate low. If you read their website they explain the risks and benefits to ordering from them and how they're able to do it. I figure you could start out with a $32 order for TWO cartons of marlboro lights (if you can find them - next supply comes in Aug 2nd) and see what happens.

77 posted on 08/01/2002 5:07:24 AM PDT by VA Advogado
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To: brat
WOW! I just ordered and can't wait to see how it works out! Have you had problems or has everything gone smoothly? This is hands down the best price I've seen anywhere!

I just found out about this site a few weeks ago, however today is the first day of my lastest attempt to stop smoking, so I never actually ordered from them. :)

78 posted on 08/01/2002 5:09:15 AM PDT by VA Advogado
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To: AppyPappy
The last time I bought a carton, it cost me $3.50

$3.50 a carton? Retail? WOW you must be a old feller.

79 posted on 08/01/2002 5:15:34 AM PDT by VA Advogado
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To: Publius6961
He has ignored them all, but if the recent past is any indication, I expect a tragedy sometime soon, when the state, in it's usual heavy-handed way tries to force collection. But a few deaths should be OK. These people are now criminals.

He needs to order under the name Gray Davis. :)

80 posted on 08/01/2002 5:16:27 AM PDT by VA Advogado
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