Councilwoman Cindy Carlisle, a former smoker, was disappointed cigarettes were not included in the tax question, calling it a half measure. While Mayor Suzanne Jones also was in favor of taxing a wider range of tobacco and nicotine-containing products, she disagreed with Carlisles assessment, saying the work by council was a big step forward. New face of crime Rich Marianos, retired assistant director at the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, urges caution to politicians considering tax increases on tobacco products, especially cigarettes, because greater consumer costs can create black markets with products purchased in low-tax jurisdictions and brought into high-tax areas for sale
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Cigarettes and bidis, which vaping aims to displace, are consumer goods, available at every corner of our country
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