N.Y. is top destination for smuggled cigarettes

[hrmjustin]

Matthew Turner

A study released in March by a tax group shows an increase in cigarette smuggling to New York, which tops the list as the top smuggling destination and the state with the highest tax rate on cigarettes.

New York was also the highest ranked in a similar report last year by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, a research group based out of Michigan.

The Tax Foundation wrote in its March 19 report that the highest inbound cigarette smuggling state was New York followed by Arizona, New Mexico, Washington and Wisconsin. The highest outbound cigarette smuggling state was New Hampshire, followed by Wyoming, Idaho, Virginia and Delaware.

http://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/page/content.detail/id/542127/N-Y--is-top-destination-for-smuggled-cigarettes.html?nav=5008

[In_The_Wind]

1. With the price of cigarettes being sky high in NY that's not surprising.

[hrmjustin]

2. 13 dollars a pack here.

Glad I don't smoke.

[Auggie]

3. Wow!

[hrmjustin]

5. Bloomberg.

[Auggie]

7. I'll bet it's a lot harder to bum one now too

Ex smoker here. So glad I quit.

[hrmjustin]

8. You see people ask for a cigarette for a dollsr.

[In_The_Wind]

4. I can think of many enjoyable ways to spend $13 without harming my lungs.

Said the non smoker.

[hrmjustin]

6. Agreed! Besides I am Asthmatic.