Bad news for lung cancer fans on a fixed income: you’ve got until February 1st to stock up on cheap cigarettes at two local establishments that skirt NYC’s steep taxes. You’ll recall that Island Smokes , a retail tobacco outlet with locations on Staten Island and the Lower East Side, has for some time now exploited a perceived loophole in the city’s cigarette tax law: by requiring smokers to roll their own coffin nails using on-site cigarette stuffing machines, Island Tobacco was able to sell their products as loose tobacco, which is taxed at a lower rate. That is, until fraud investigators took notice. [ more › ]
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City Snuffs Out Cheap Roll Your Own Cigarettes Shops