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Senecas See Comeback Over Cigarette Sales

March 9, 2010

An article in the New York Times last week provides an overview of the Seneca Nation and its strength in opposing legislation that would ban mail-order cigarette sales.

The Senecas control a cigarette “empire” that generates more than $1 billion a year, and subsequent to House and Senate bills to block the shipment...

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The New York Times - Senecas See Comeback Over Sale of Cigarettes

March 6, 2010

There is a relatively short list of people who like mail-order cigarettes: teenagers, adults evading sales taxes and the Seneca Nation of Indians of western New York, which dominates the national market.

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The Coalition to Stop Contraband Tobacco Highlights Enforce the Law – Collect the Tax Coalition

March 5, 2010

CTSCT would like to highlight the New York coalition, Enforce the Law – Collect the Tax. This coalition is a group of associations, businesses and other organizations that share the goal of demanding the state of New York enforce its own laws and collect the excise taxes on cigarettes sold through Native American reservations to non-tribal...

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PACT Act Updates

Release
March 8, 2010
WASHINGTON – On Saturday, March 6, 2010, The New York Times ran an article highlighting the Seneca Nation of Indians’ opposition to the S. 1147, the Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (PACT) Act. Read All

Release
March 1, 2010
WASHINGTON – The Coalition to Stop Contraband Tobacco today praised the New York Association of Counties for passing a resolution calling for the federal government to support and implement the Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (PACT) Act of 2009, S. 1147, calling on Congress “to take any and all necessary action to insure the passage” of the PACT Act. Read All

Current status of the PACT Act

PACT Act Bill Language

Senate Co-Sponsors of the PACT Act