IPFS News Link • TAXES: Local
NYC sues roll-your-own cigarette shops over taxes
• APThere is no place in the U.S. more expensive to smoke than New York
City, where the taxes alone will set you back $5.85 per pack. Yet,
addicts who visit Island Smokes, a "roll-your-own" cigarette shop in
Chinatown, can walk out with an entire 10-pack carton for under $40,
thanks to a yawning tax loophole that officials in several states are
now trying to close.