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Contraband Tobacco Enforcment - an Arkansas Tobacco Control priority
Illegal tobacco purchases by individuals and businesses deprive the State of Arkansas of funding for state social, education and health care programs. If you are thinking of buying cigarettes or other tobacco products from other states because they are cheaper, you might want to consider the risk you are taking. Individuals caught buying, selling or transporting contraband tobacco could face criminal charges. Act 939 of the Regular Session of the 87th General Assembly of Arkansas establishes a forfeiture procedure for contraband tobacco. Any property, including money, used to buy, sell, or transport contraband tobacco may be seized and forfeited to the state. Consider these costs before buying, selling or transporting illegal tobacco.News Articles
- Arkansas tobacco wholesalers face fines, time in jail, November 3, 2011
- Arkansas man enters guilty plea to role in multistate contraband cigarette operation, October 4, 2011
- Convenience store operator sentenced for untaxed cigarette sales, June 8, 2011
- FDA to regulate e-cigs as tobacco products, April 25, 2011
- FDA's Regulatory Agenda in 2011, February 8, 2011
- ATF Agent: Kentucky lost $2.3 million in taxes to cigarette dealer, January 5, 2011