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House Ways and Means Subcommittee Takes Critical First Step to Protect Public Health and Taxpayers from Tobacco Smuggling
May 27, 2010The House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight, in a congressional hearing today, took a critical first step toward combating tobacco product smuggling and the tax evasion and public health harms it produces. The smuggling of cigarettes and other tobacco products is a serious problem that undermines efforts to reduce tobacco use and save lives, funds criminal activity and costs federal and state governments substantial sums of revenue. Full release.
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