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[stuyvesant]

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@patbz wrote:

I love in Arizona and my neighbor smokes.  She would buy her cartons on the reservation and put them on a credit card.  Evidently Arizona audited their records and my neighbor got a tax bill for her unpaid cigarette taxes to the state.

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Isn't it amazing what our neighbors are willing to share with the neighborhood?

[kitcat51]

Cigarette smokers are used as cash cows, the taxes on them are ridiculous. Don't smoke never have but it bothers me the way cigarette smokers are treated...pot smokers are treated with more respect. The posters are correct, you have to make sure it's legal to buy online & ship them to the state you live in. Good Luck.

[Love my grandkids]

I applaud high taxes on those nasty things. I'd love to see them taxed beyond the reach of most people.

I had a neighbor who lived hand to mouth and she would go without food to buy cancer sticks.

[bootsanne]

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@Carmie wrote:

@ALRATIBA  Wow, that is a lot of money.  I am glad I don’t smoke.

My friend’s husband is a PA State Trooper.  He works  in the Department where they stop tobacco and alcohol from crossing into PA for resale.

I’ve heard stories of tracker trailer loads of cigarettes that are confiscated and destroyed and even a passenger cars with a couple of cases of alcohol meant for a wedding reception or party that gets taken and poured out.  The drivers get a fine and then they are out of all that money they paid for the goods too.

These products are less expensive in Maryland so people go there to buy in bulk. Many get caught.  

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This is 100%  correct.  I worked for the state of Pa for 35 years.  Our taxes are much higher than surrounding states on alcohol and I think cigarettes.  So you can lose considerable money when crossing state lines...if you're caught.

[garmer]

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@patbz wrote:

I love in Arizona and my neighbor smokes.  She would buy her cartons on the reservation and put them on a credit card.  Evidently Arizona audited their records and my neighbor got a tax bill for her unpaid cigarette taxes to the state.

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I don't know why that would happen. It's not illegal, they are labled, taxed (lower rate), and stamped. Unless she was reselling them.

They are to be for personal use, if she bought a large amount, maybe that flags the purchase?

The NA aren't selling illegal cigarettes. The casinos are legal. They have certain rights that the public at large wouldn't. They deserve much more.

[sidsmom]

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@Carmie wrote:

@ALRATIBA  Wow, that is a lot of money.  I am glad I don’t smoke.

My friend’s husband is a PA State Trooper.  He works  in the Department where they stop tobacco and alcohol from crossing into PA for resale.

I’ve heard stories of tracker trailer loads of cigarettes that are confiscated and destroyed and even a passenger cars with a couple of cases of alcohol meant for a wedding reception or party that gets taken and poured out.  The drivers get a fine and then they are out of all that money they paid for the goods too.

These products are less expensive in Maryland so people go there to buy in bulk. Many get caught.  

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@Carmie

....that reminded me of the opening scene of ”Beverly Hills Cop”!

Remember that?  I was going to post the YouTube link, but it

had too many Eddie Murphy dirty words...!!  Love that movie.

[Kachina624]

There is something just not right about the tobacco companies seducing people, often the young, into developing this highly addictive, hard-to-break habit, then our legislators impose a tax so high the cost of the product is prohibitive.  Often those who can least afford it are the ones hooked.  For decades military personnel were encouraged to smoke by the cheap prices, $1.90/carton when I was active military, then they are forbidden to smoke in VA hospitals.  Certainly, the habit is dangerous but some people just can't kick it like our OP, so they are now severely punished for succumbing to the appealing ads of the tobacco industry.  This is so wrong.

[garmer]

They also knowingly added ingredients to make them even more addicting than plain tobacco.

[SeaMaiden]

I quit smoking in May16th 1990. Have not had one puff since that day. Quit cold turkey.

Cigarettes cost $1.95 a pack....and I thougHt THAT was too much!  

When I see these homeless people smoking today. I wonder how they can afford to smoke?   Not only does it kill you and make others sick around you....it COSTS TOO DARN MUCH!

[Citrine1]

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@Shorty2U wrote:

I dont know about online buying, but when I smoked (I quit), and the prices kept going up, I went locally to smoke shops and got my own tobacco and papers and rolled them myself because it was cheaper. But like I said I quit 8 years back (and btw I still miss smoking to this day when my nerves get the best of me). 

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Isn't it something how you can miss it now and then?  I'm off 12 years, @Shorty2U, and every now and again, I sure could go for one!  You'd think, after all these years, that feeling would go away.