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Cigarette prices per state creates economic opportunity

submitted by ymihere to whatever 8 hoursMay 19, 2025 08:59:25 ago (+9/-0)     (www.datapandas.org)

https://www.datapandas.org/ranking/cigarette-prices-by-state

Entrepreneurs in New York travel to Georgia to buy tons of cartons of cigarettes (markup of around $50/carton) from QT and other places and resell them on the streets…guy from QT said menthols were the most in demand…they buy hundreds of cartons whole here and drive back and forth all week…. Thousands of $$$ per week.. New York created this by taxing cigarettes so high…


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[ - ] mikenigger 0 points 7 hoursMay 19, 2025 10:10:25 ago (+0/-0)

how to catch federal charges in 3 easy steps

[ - ] NeverHappened 1 point 7 hoursMay 19, 2025 10:20:01 ago (+1/-0)

Only if you get caught. Worth the risk to some I suppose.

[ - ] bonghits4jeebus 0 points 6 hoursMay 19, 2025 11:53:29 ago (+0/-0)

What would the federal offense be? I get that it's interstate, but you're dodging state taxes. So presumably they are the ones that care.

[ - ] mikenigger 0 points 3 hoursMay 19, 2025 14:08:40 ago (+0/-0)

feds care about the smuggling

[ - ] TheNoticing 0 points 26 minutesMay 19, 2025 17:28:09 ago (+0/-0)

I get that it's interstate, but you're dodging state taxes.

When the government declares themselves the victim, anything they want is a crime.

[ - ] observation1 0 points 7 hoursMay 19, 2025 10:13:06 ago (+0/-0)

Bevery Hills Cop music

[ - ] NeverHappened 0 points 7 hoursMay 19, 2025 10:22:34 ago (+0/-0)

I'd never smuggle to sell but I definitely buy my own gas and cigs in Missouri since I'm close to the border. Same reason; much lower taxes.

[ - ] Thedancingsousa 0 points 7 hoursMay 19, 2025 10:50:08 ago (+0/-0)

WV to MD is the highest gradient. Just a quick hop over the border. You probably have to go a little deeper in to MD because the immediate neighbors probably drive into WV and buy bulk. I know the area. Most beautiful while simultaneously poor area I've ever seen. The nature is magnificent.

[ - ] bonghits4jeebus 0 points 6 hoursMay 19, 2025 11:52:39 ago (+0/-0)

That's actually less variation than I thought. And yeah smuggling is profitable.

[ - ] Leveraction 0 points 3 hoursMay 19, 2025 14:11:46 ago (+0/-0)

The tax is nothing more than lining attorney pockets when this whole thing went to court. Whatever is left out of said tax goes to the fat sheboon's pension for doing nothing because she's a privileged nigger.

[ - ] SteppingRazor 0 points 3 hoursMay 19, 2025 14:41:26 ago (+0/-0)

The Canadians come across the Detroit river all the time with their boats. Let this be a lesson for the cannabis industry - high taxes will always result in a thriving black market.

[ - ] texasblood 1 point 8 hoursMay 19, 2025 09:51:55 ago (+1/-0)

The Task force works I81 from Knoxville north looking for tobacco smuggling since early 90's.

[ - ] mikenigger 0 points 7 hoursMay 19, 2025 10:21:01 ago (+0/-0)

it's funny how OP thinks he invented bootlegging

[ - ] BoozyB 1 point 7 hoursMay 19, 2025 10:03:34 ago (+1/-0)

If you want cheaper cigarettes drive to the nearest Indian reservation.
Every reservation is its own sovereign nation.

[ - ] Sector2 2 points 7 hoursMay 19, 2025 10:29:15 ago (+2/-0)

Cartons of cigs at the PX used to be $3.