posted on Mar, 19 2005 @ 03:49 PM
Credit Card Companies have agreed to refuse to participate in Internet sales of cigarettes nationwide under a government agreement made Thursday.
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Public-private deal to prevent cigarette sales through Internet
www.wisinfo.com...
"The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the companies and state attorneys general agreed to work together to prevent the long
unchecked use of credit cards to buy cigarettes over the Internet across state lines. The agreement is effective immediately.
The result is that virtually all credit cards will no longer participate with Web sites based in the United States and abroad that sell cigarettes and
tobacco products in every state, said New York Atty. Gen. Eliot Spitzer. The card companies also agreed to take action against Internet sellers that
authorities identify as violating state and federal laws regulating cigarette sales."
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oh, well, Glad I roll mine!!!