What Others Are Saying

The media, researchers, special interest groups and concerned citizens like you are voicing concerns about increased tobacco taxes.

Tobacco in the News

• November 14, 2009
  Cigarette Tax Money Goes Up in Smoke - NBC Chicago
  
  
• November 5, 2009
  14 charged with illegal buys of 77 million cigss - Boston Herald
  
  
• October 21, 2009
  US treasury losing billions as smugglers exploit tax differences - Irish Independent
  
  
• October 6, 2009
  California governor's race travels the information superhighway - The Sacramento Bee
  
  

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Tobacco-related Reports

• 2008
  Mackinac Center Report
  Cigarette Taxes and Smuggling (PDF)
  
  
• 2008
  Congressional Report
  Tobacco and Terror: How Cigarette Smuggling is Funding our Enemies Abroad (PDF)
  
  
• 2005
  ATF Annual Report
  Excerpt on Cigarette Smuggling (PDF) | Full Report (PDF)
  
  
• May 2004
  GAO Report
  CIGARETTE SMUGGLING: Federal Law Enforcement Efforts and Seizures Increasing (PDF)