Seen around New York City: Shady guys asking if you smoke cigarettes and selling them discreetly out of their bags and pockets at reduced prices. This behavior is a result of last month’s cigarette tax hike which raised the price of cigarettes to over $7 per pack and has caused people to find alternate sources of distribution such as internet purchases, buying them on the street like drugs, crossing state lines, and going to Indian Reservations.
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3 responses so far ↓
1 tien // Sep 2, 2003 at 5:48 pm
wow, your site actually came up for something i was searching for. pretty cool. but you don’t have the statistics i’m looking for. just wanted to drop the comment.
2 rachelle // Sep 2, 2003 at 6:12 pm
what were you searching for?
3 tien // Sep 2, 2003 at 7:58 pm
“nyc cigarette tax“