"Cheri" > wrote in message
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> "Malcom "Mal" Reynolds" > wrote in message
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>> In article >, "Cheri" >
>> wrote:
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>>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>>> > "Cheri" > wrote in message
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>>> >> "Malcom "Mal" Reynolds" > wrote in
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>>> >> news:atlas-bugged-
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>>> >>> seriously doubt if there is much illegal tobacco on the left-coast,
>>> >>> but
>>> >>> even if
>>> >>> there is, it is more likely that people would rather suffer the
>>> >>> misdemeanor of a
>>> >>> public toke than the federal crime of no tax-stamp on their tobacco
>>> >>
>>> >> I think you're wrong there. Cigarette smuggling has been increasing
>>> >> here
>>> >> in CA according to newspapers.
>>> >>
>>> >> Cheri
>>> >
>>> > Here too. It was on the news some time back. They were being sold
>>> > illegally at a bubble tea shop.
>>>
>>> According to the papers, here in CA it's the little convenience stores
>>> that
>>> are involved.
>>>
>>> Cheri
>>
>> strange that people would be so willing to deal with the consequences of
>> no
>> tax-stamp. I guess they should teach Al Capone in school
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>
>
> Thankfully, I quit over two years ago now. Geez, I saw that they're right
> around $6.00 a pack now, though the voters did turn down the $1.00 a pack
> tax recently. That surprised me. I had a friend in the newsgroup that was
> nailed for buying out of state, so I imagine the penalties would be high
> for bootlegged cigs.
>
> Cheri

I think they are over $7 a pack here for the good ones. They were about $3
a pack when I quit. I thought that was a bad price!