I have found cheap(er) cigarettes online (I live in NYC). Is it legal to purchase from these sites? It would let me, but I have been afraid to press "Send" on the order!
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It is not illegal to buy cigarettes online from a diffeent state.  It IS illegal to fail to pay New York State and City cigarette sales tax on those cigarettes.  You should buy the cigarettes online, compute the tax on the cigarettes and mail it to the city and state.  Otherwise, you are breaking the law.\n\nBut, of course, what you should really do is what New York City wanted you to do when they raised the tax in the first place - quit smoking.  One half of all people who smoke will die from it.
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i agree with you totally! i find that people say that the reason it is easier to buy beer and cigarettes is that you as a person don't have to work hard to get them to me that's a bunch of bull. i use the system to work for me not against me. i feel if you can buy beer and cigarettes you can buy food to eat and a place to call home. stop abrusing the system and let it help you and believe me what you do in the dark will come to the light. in other words the system will catch you sooner or later
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Boy this forum just got polluted by anti-smokers, offering "words of encouragement", but they are just veiled statements of their preference.\n\nBar business really does hurt when bans are forced and nonsmoking is not the choice of the owner. Owners do make choices to be nonsmoking when they know their clientele demands it. It just depends on your clientele. However, at this time, there is NO CHOICE for the private business owner in this land of supposed liberty.\n\n"Studies" showing business improvement when a ban is FORCED on a business are full of cherry picked data including everything from CARRY OUT receipts to McDonald's to 5 star restaurants. There has never been a study for stand alone bars.\n\nSmokefree lobbyists offer hollow promises of "business improvement", but that is all they are. Promises. Columbus bars have taken such a hit and made many cutbacks including reduced hours and waitstaff, cutting out live entertainment, etc.. to just survive.\n\nColumbus bars also immediately built patios.What does that tell you? The clientele they want to keep INCLUDE the smokers. However, smokers resent having to go outside in the cold and being treated like some neo Jim Crow experiment and generally do not patronize bars in the winter months.\n\nIf you serve food, you may be able to salvage something concerning all of this.\n\nI am SO sorry I cannot be more positive about this, especially since you seem like a very nice person who is new to the bar business. I simply cannot and will not sugar coat the situation, though as that would not be kind either.\n\nI have seen my business drop ever since the Columbus ban went into effect, it was immediate and it has not recovered. I took my bands out of town and did well in the bars, but now that option looks very bleak also.\n\nYou will have to be creative on this one until another repeal comes up, just as I was forced to do and will have to think through yet another plan with this statewide antismoking wrench thrown in the mix. \n\nPerhaps you should consider even "going underground". The reason why not many bars have closed in Columbus is many are not following the ban and are just paying the fines. I am sure Smokefree Ohio being the fanatics they are have put in some stiffer fines knowing that a good deal of Columbus bars told Smokefree Columbus to rightfully go directly to hell.\n\nThe ones that have closed generally do not make the local papers as the media is biased toward the antismoking side.\n\nBars must join together again to get some exemptions. Don't worry antis, you will have many smokefree choices as you do now with a partial repeal of this draconian law. Forcing your will on ALL the businesses in Ohio was not wanted and was not appreciated.\n\nI hope you were aware before of this possibility of Issue 5 passing and promoted Issue 4. If not, please be informed when the next repeal vote comes up. It is your business.\nI am not assuming you didn't know, but I have run into bar owners and bowling alley owners in different areas of the state that ignored this thinking it could never happen.\n\nIt did, but with only 8%+ of the votes needed to pass. Plus the election turnout wasn't 100%. There is still hope. Get busy, talk to your alcohol vendors and see if they have a plan in place yet to help you weather the storm until Ohio wakes up and says "no" to fascism and social engineering of people who choose to use a legal product.\n\nBut you will never see an antismoking lobbyist in favor of what would really solve the problem. Making tobacco illegal would "level the playing field". As it is now, the antismoking cartel are just playing with private business owners livelihoods while gathering a comfortable paycheck. They will never favor tobacco prohibition as they would have to find an honest job.
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Go to a liquor store.  They sell it for zippos.  You can buy a zippo on eBay for $10.
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i think so, at least in the US, where cigarette advertising is now illegal.  I know on TV there are so many anti-smoking ads and no smoking ads. Look at Phillip morris' website. It tells you more about how dangerous their product is than how good it is.  Of course they were forced to do this, and cigarettes are their own advertisement, they are very hard to quit. Funny, its not illegal to advertise nicotine gum, which costs $40 a box
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It may be a form of bait and switch! I felt it was fishy when I saw the internet thing last night! You might get answers from lawyers, but I think they just stepped into it! The advertised stuff they couldn't produce at that price! They knew what they were doing. I have a degree in business and I think they are on shakey ground!
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I too am trying to quit smoking.  I was smoking full flavor 100's and smoking about 1 1/2 packs a day.  I have lowered to lights shorts and smoking now only about a 1/2 pack a day.  My suggestion would be not to grab a cig as soon as you get up in the morning and everytime you eat.  Try not to pick one up just because your bored or think you need one.  Wait until you just can't take it any more and you HAVE to have one.  Pay attention to how often you smoke.  If you just had a cigarette 30 minutes ago, make yourself wait another 30 minutes.  Also, set a goal that by a certain day you will be a non-smoker.  And write down the reasons that you want to quit.  Post the goals and reasons on the fridge or somewhere that will remind you constantly why you are doing it.  Good luck sweety!  You can do it!
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CAN YA BUY SOMETHING AND SHIP TO THE ADDY??? \nYA KINDA CHEAP IN SPREADING YOUR LOVE..
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in america most states have had this ban for a while.  (i think new york for about 3 yrs, and ct about 2) numerous business owners have complained b/c it keeps customers away according to them.( bars/restaurants/nightclubs) as for the tax implications...i can only guess it must be pretty bad as cigs are highly taxed.
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yes, they are convenient to use, but the question that you want to ask is:  are the drugs that I buy online safe to take, are they the real thing, do they have any harmful impurities, is the doctor (is it a real doctor or a fake?, \nnow to mention that some of these websites are actually extensions of the DEA and buying narcotics online can be a felony in your state.
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Hello Becka,\n  Your infor a challenge, I Sell on Ebay but Finding products that I can order and just sell isn't an easy undertaking, The few I got into Others followed and cut below the prices I was getting them at. Tough market to stick with. If you want some basic info on shipping and such I'll do what I can to help you. If you find a good place to Buy Products Keep it to yourself, or others will under cut to make $$. Its a cut throat industry online. \n  Also Watch out for fake Emails that claim to come from Ebay or Paypal, I get 3 or 4 Everyday that are trying to get my logon info and or credit card #'s Be Carefull, Don't log onto any linked pages Go to the Home pages DIRECTLY ONLY!!!!!
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I never heard that story.  I've heard some stories about tobacco cards that are supposed to exist (i.e., showed up on lists somewhere) but nobody knows of any existing copies.
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My husband loved when I would send him Gatorade.  He also liked trail mix.  Pictures are alway nice too.  If he smokes, send him cigarrettes.  Although I hated that my husband used to smoke, I knew he needed those cigs.  Also, chewing gum, for the times he couldn't smoke.\n\nI also sent things that weren't supposed to be sent...like "adult" mags.  \n\nHave fun putting together the package :)
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Hello from APO, AE 09320.  As you may know, when downrange it's hard to get much of anything in a timely fashion, however, I can tell you that it depends largely on what you're shopping for. \n\nAmazon, if I may offer the insight, is where I spend most of my "online buck", however, unless you purchase brand new stuff from them, and you use the, "used" option.  (Great for books and CD's), you're still stuck paying a ton of shipping.\n\nFor electronics, hands down...J&R out of New York.  I spent a little over $3500 with them on a new laptop, external, and iPod, and it made it to Kabul in FOUR DAYS, for free.  Tiger Direct is also a popular electronics retailer that I know a lot of folks on this installation use.\n\nI hope that this is a help to you.  Check out www.epinions.com, to check out companies and products.  It's pretty cool when you can't go to a "brick and mortar" store to actually check things out for yourself.  I use that site a lot over here.\n\nC.
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Please be careful with ordering these online.  Make sure they are a reputable organization, have a return policy and make sure that it is a protected site.  Protected sites begin with "https" vs "http", and they also have a little lock at the bottom of the screen.  NEVER give out your Social Security number to anyone online.  Good luck and be careful.
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Try www.dropship4free.com. It is great for buying and dropshipping. They do have video games and systems as well. I have been using them for about 2 years on Amazon.com and Ebay and all prices are either wholesale or below. I have compared them to hundreds of others and it really seems to be tops. Plus, it's free!!Let me know what you think.
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You cannot just order something from overseas and send it to your house by Federal Express like when you buy at Amazon.\n\nFirst you need to find out if the things you are buying are LEGAL or you will be arrested.\n\nFor example, guns are LEGAL in the United States of America but if you send one to Mexico you go to Jail.\n\nIMacs are LEGAL in the United States of America but if you send one to Iran you go to Jail.\n\nCuban Cigars are LEGAL in Cuba but if you send one to the United States of America you go to Jail.\n\nThose laws are complex and it would be best for you to use a company to import whatever you are importing to the United States of America.\n\nApparel is a VERY RESTRICTED industry because of piracy, slavery and child labor and if you import a shirt from a country that was made by slaves in the United States of America you could end up in jail.\n\nThere are countries where exports of apparel to the United States of America are banned.\n\nYou really need to contact the Embassy of the Country where you are buying before you actually send anything to the US.\n\nOnce you are sure the thing you are buying is LEGAL in the United States of America the next step is to find out how much are you paying in TAXES.\n\nSome things do pay taxes and some things don't pay taxes.\n\nI suggest you to hire an importer and you will be fine.\n\nTop 3 Answerer in Business & Finance. (Vote for me)