Believe it or not the big credit card companies are intent on shutting down that industries ability to process.
The result is that virtually all credit cards will no longer participate with Web sites based in the United States and abroad that sell cigarettes and tobacco products in different states
We received notification of this just last week and can no longer obtain merchant accounts for clients selling tobacco *sigh* I'm sure google is compling with the new regulations.
heres more info:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...rss_technology