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Originally Posted by theking
The Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking Act of 2009 ("PACT Act") (S.1147) passed the Senate with a unanimous vote on March 11, 2010. On March 17, 2010, it passed the House. President Obama will sign it into law very soon. After Pres. Obama signs the bill, we will have 90 days until the bill takes effect. This legislation contains a provision which will make ALL cigarettes, RYO, MYO and smokeless tobacco products nonmailable.
This law means you will no longer be able to purchase these products by mail-order, telephone order, or on the Internet, because the United States Postal Service, along with UPS, Fed-Ex and all other carriers will be prohibited by law from delivering your orders to you.
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This is all because state government has taxed smokers to the point where they are either quitting or buying smokes from other means, causing states to see there revenue from cigarette tax going down faster than a crack whore in a crack house.
If some states were smart, state 'a' would lower the tax on smokes where the tax is lower than the surrounding states. Then smokers from the surrounding states would buy smokes in state 'a', thus state 'a' would make a shitload of money on cigarette tax.
Its called Economics 101. The more product you move, the more money you make. The flaw to this is that common sense doesnt apply to politicians.