Reply #8: Once upon a time I met a Canadian in Guatemala

[LooseWilly]

... he bought cigarettes from the Native Americans (who weren't charged the import taxes to bring them in from the States), and then turned around and sold them to fellow Canadians.
It was his profession, and it paid well enough for him to travel to Guatemala on vacation...


Ohh, and here in California, if you can find a pack of cigarettes for less than $5.00 you've found a bargain. Cartons go for at least $35. And then, to add insult to injury, you're not allowed to smoke them anywhere near a public place... and 2 towns over from me you're not even allowed to smoke them in your own apartment (after all, second hand smoke can pass through walls, leap tall buildings, kill almost as surely as a bullet...).
I feel for Ohio... but if a smoker wants to truly know scorn/persecution... you need to visit Belmont CA.

Ohh yeah, and I suppose those cigars weren't Swisher Sweets meant to be turned into blunts... so it sounds to me like the lowering of gas prices has allowed thugs to commute into new neighborhoods to "do crimes" more than any spike in tobacco related crime.