[lelio]

Are people prohibited by law from buying smokes in another state and bringing them across the state line?

[Skywalk]

Federal law dictates that sovereign territories(which a few o the Indian nations are) can ship products which are legal without paying any tax.

So, now the state of New York is violating the treaty powers of the federal government and shafting the Indians. Haven't they done that enough?

[microgood]

Are people prohibited by law from buying smokes in another state and bringing them across the state line?

I live in Washington State and here you can bring them across state lines but then you have to pay tax on them using some form. The Indian reservations also say it is the individual's responsibility to pay the tax and even have forms for you. Basically a pack of cigarettes in Washington without their tax stamp is considered contraband.

[Age of Reason]

Are people prohibited by law from buying smokes in another state and bringing them across the state line?

I seem to remember an episode from not that many years back, when Manhattanites were going across the river to New Jersey to shop, because the Jersey sales tax was less than that of New York.

So New York City investigators went to New Jersey parking lots to record the liscense plate numbers of New York Drivers who were parked in New Jersey malls, to investigate whether those drivers paid sales tax to NYC based on purchases made in NJ (something which, I believe, New Yorkers were supposed to voluntarily do).

Public outrage brought an end to such spying.