Cigarette Taxes Push Smokers to Black Markets, Costing States Billions in Lost Revenue

reason.com/2025/11/14/cigarette-taxes-are-costing-states-billions-in-lost-revenue

In May of this year, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers seized 150,000 cigarettes from two women disembarking a cruise ship in Los Angeles. The women had 10 pieces of luggage filled with smokes they'd apparently purchased in Mexico for which they had no import paperwork. Why…

This story appeared on reason.com, 2025-11-14 20:00:23.
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