The problem is that exorbitant taxes in New York state and especially New York City can add as much as $60 to the cost of a carton of cigarettes. No wonder criminals including “organized crime groups with ties to Vietnam, Russia, Korea and China” are getting into the business of buying cigarettes in lower-taxed states and driving trailers full of them to the high-tax states
What shocks me is that people never seem to learn.
Raise taxes too much and people will buy their product of choice elsewhere.
Bootleg tobacco.
Not a phrase I ever thought I'd use.
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