Reply #4: An illegal dealer is . . . [View All]

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According to the story, an illegal dealer avoids the state and local taxes and doesn't regulate the sale of cigarettes to minors. Apparently quite a number of internet outlets for cigarettes do both of these things, which are against the public interest as defined over and over again through various state legislatures (33 states are mentioned in the article, along with DC and three U.S. territories).

This seems to be a legitimate law enforcement action by a coalition of various attorneys general who are protecting the rights of their sovereign states to collect taxes and keep cigarettes away from minors. Go to the corner grocery store and buy your cigarettes legally, or quit giving your money to the goddam tobacco companies. This has nothing to do with "BS against smokers."