By raising the state's cigarette tax from 10 cents to 35 cents per pack, or 250 percent, Proposition 99 created an opportunity for smugglers to drive a tractor-trailer load of cigarettes into California and make $50,000 in criminal profit, reducing California's excise tax revenue
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A manager for the wholesaler said the company was launching its own investigation
FDA Proposes Graphic Warnings On Packages And Ads For years, American smokers have been spared the unpleasant images of gangrene infected feet, swollen tongues overtaken by cancerous tumors and blackened lungs that are often plastered onto packs of cigarettes sold around the world
Bold "Daddy Needs a Cig" embroidery on a structured front panel, paired with a snapback closure built to hold its shape and its ground