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Tag: Cigarette

Customs officers in Southern California stop a large cigarette smuggling operation.

Authorities in Southern California seized a large quantity of illegally imported tobacco from two cruise ship passengers recently. According to Customs and Border Protection (CBP), officers at the Los Angeles/Long Beach port discovered around 150,000 cigarettes in 749 cartons during an inspection on April 17. The couple had arrived from Ensenada, Mexico. CBP estimated the […]

Fingerprint on cigarette box results in arrest in 1977 murder of young woman

Nearly fifty years after the tragic murder of a young woman in California, a cigarette carton has led to an arrest. Willie Eugene Sims, age 69, was taken into custody in Jefferson, Ohio in connection with Janet Ralston’s death, according to a statement released by the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office. Sims was charged […]

21,000% spike in MA vape seizures throws cigarette ban into question, ex-ATF official says

After Massachusetts Authority Report released The recent bipartisan statewide ban, a network of former ATF officials and law enforcement veterans specializing in contraband, shows a sharp rise in flavorful cigarettes and steam seizures under a network of law enforcement agencies questioning why springs remain. The annual multi-agency report from Bay State's Illegal Tobacco Task Force […]

Trump FDA officially withdraws long-delayed menthol cigarette ban

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has rescinded a rule banning menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars, officially ending a policy that had been delayed indefinitely under the Biden administration. A regulatory filing showed the rule was “rescinded” on January 21, President Trump’s second day in office. The move is a major blow to public health […]

Federal judge blocks FDA from enforcing graphic cigarette label rule

A federal judge in Texas has temporarily blocked the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) from requiring cigarette packages to include graphic warnings about the effects of smoking. On Monday, U.S. District Judge J. Campbell Barker in Tyler, Texas, a favorable judgment was given A study by RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company and others found that the […]

NC woman doused in gas, set on fire with cigarette

A young North Carolina woman was doused with gasoline and set on fire by a sick suspect who then fled the scene. The heartbroken mother wondered, “Why did I put my baby through this?'' Ashanti Downey, 20, was rushed to the hospital on the night of Dec. 16 with second- and third-degree burns on the […]

Cigarette smuggling has crippled aid delivery in Gaza as smokes go for $25 apiece

High cigarette prices in the Gaza Strip have spawned a cigarette smuggling industry that now threatens United Nations aid convoys, according to a new report from the Wall Street Journal. Cigarettes can cost as much as $25 a stick in war-torn areas, and gangs are finding ways to smuggle them in with aid packages. One […]