Have a Question.... (Charlotte: buy, taxes, transport)

[Big Roc]

It's probably a dumb question, but where can I find cigarettes the cheapest? I heard of R.J. Reynolds, but was wondering if there was anywhere cheaper.

[mm_mary73]

Originally Posted by Big Roc

It's probably a dumb question, but where can I find cigarettes the cheapest? I heard of R.J. Reynolds, but was wondering if there was anywhere cheaper.

Quit smoking. Then you wouldn't have to worry and you'd save yourself ~$2500/year.

[mm34b]

Originally Posted by Big Roc

It's probably a dumb question, but where can I find cigarettes the cheapest? I heard of R.J. Reynolds, but was wondering if there was anywhere cheaper.

I believe South Carolina is the cheapest at the moment (tax - 7 cents per pack). The tax in NC is 35 cents per pack.

http://www.taxadmin.org/FTA/rate/cigarett.html

Federation of Tax Administrators

[silverwing]

Originally Posted by Big Roc

It's probably a dumb question, but where can I find cigarettes the cheapest? I heard of R.J. Reynolds, but was wondering if there was anywhere cheaper.

Well, wherever you buy them, just be discreet about the amounts - don't load up your trunk with job lots

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...-2004Jun7.html

The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has more than 300 open cases of illicit cigarette trafficking -- including several with terrorist links -- up from only a handful five years ago, ATF sources said....
[...]
The traffickers purchase a large volume of cigarettes in states where the tax is low, such as Virginia and North Carolina, transport them up Interstate 95 to states such as Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey and then sell them at a discount without paying the higher cigarette taxes in those states.
[...]
The first large-scale cigarette trafficking case tied to terrorism was prosecuted in North Carolina in 2002. A federal jury in Charlotte convicted Mohamad Hammoud, 28, of violating a ban on providing material support to terrorist groups by funneling profits from a multimillion-dollar cigarette-smuggling operation to Hezbollah.