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Senecas See Comeback Over Cigarette Sales
National Association of Convenience Stores
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 of cigarettes, they began a...

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

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

Senators show up to back cigarette tax enforcement
Times Union
March 4, 2010

Several senators from both sides of the aisle appeared at a press conference Tuesday afternoon to support the enforcement of tax collection on cigarettes sold over the internet and on Indian reservations.

Native American cigarette shops close
The Desert Sun
March 3, 2010

Black Hawk Tobacco Shop Inc., selling Native American cigarettes in four retail stores in the valley, has closed in the wake of a lawsuit by the California attorney general and a letter from the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians.

Sheriff: Deputies break up cigarette smuggling operation
Statesville Record & Landmark
March 3, 2010

Teaming up with officials from the Virginia State Police, Iredell deputies may have uncovered a cigarette smuggling operation.

Coalition To Stop Contraband Tobacco Supports PACT Act
Convenience Store Decisions
March 3, 2010

The Coalition to Stop Contraband Tobacco has 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.

Philip Morris USA sues over counterfeit Marlboros
Associated Press
March 2, 2010

Philip Morris USA, the nation's largest tobacco company, said Monday it has filed federal lawsuits accusing eight New York and New Jersey retailers of selling counterfeit Marlboro cigarettes.

Ontario Convenience Stores Lose Sales to Contraband Cigarettes
National Association of Convenience Stores
March 2, 2010

Ontario convenience stores are having trouble making ends meet these days and the culprit isn’t the economy—it’s contraband tobacco, MyKawartha.com reports.

Jailed in cigarette scam
The Macomb Daily
March 1, 2010

Eyzer Akram Allos, 26, of Sterling Heights was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Avern Cohen to a year and one day in jail for charges relating to the purchase and sale of illegal cigarettes. Allos was also ordered to pay restitution totaling $664,351 to the state.