Yesmoke Tobacco S.p.A.

2004 Comes to an End.

Year 2005 could be the last one where cigarettes advertisement will be allowed in the Formula One Championship

On the eve of the abolition of cigarette advertising, starting with Formula 1 and with the backing of Big Tobacco, for the first time a product has reached popularity without having to spend a single dollar on advertising. And it has all the rights.

The attacks of those who consider the law a party game are putting Yesmoke in a position where it will have to pay 548 million dollars to Philip Morris, and 17 million to New York City; this last sum has already been imposed by a sentence. Moreover, new problems are arriving all the time for Yesmoke, including a mountain its product already confiscated.

This sounds like the “bleeding to death” of a company. However, the old year is not closing completely negatively for Yesmoke, because thanks to these events, interesting and constructive topics tied not only to the tobacco market have unexpectedly come to the attention of everyone. Read more »

Something strange is happening in the home of the free market.

Federal Law allows American citizens to purchase cigarettes by mail from foreign countries

For some years, the Yesmoke shop has been shipping from Switzerland cigarettes of the finest quality almost all over the world: Marlboro, Camel, Winston, Benson & Edges, etc., of course, always with customs declarations.

And people have spoken well about Yesmoke, which started business on the 1st of January 2000, right from its beginnings.

Starting from the journey to London's BBC, where Yesmoke “explained” to all English language speaking countries that the products received by mail were to be taxed in the country of destination and not in the country they were shipped from… Read more »

There are some problems in clearing online sales from Customs… A few days following the market debut of Yesmoke cigarettes, at New York's JFK Airport dozens of agents seized some cigarettes … even though they had the required customs declaration.

The “smugglers” airplane

There had never been a blitz like this against regular mail: no less than nine federal state and local agencies held an interminable inspection at the JFK Airport that left senders and addressees of all the mail coming from Switzerland waiting and without news. At the same time, newspapers and televisions programs, referring to the blitz against contraband, spread panic among those people who had bought cigarettes on-line. But federal law does not forbid American citizens from purchasing cigarettes by mail from foreign countries. To comply with all legal obligations the buyer only has to ensure that the package is accompanied by the customs declaration, nothing more. The rest is up to the customs! Yesmoke is reimbursing all its customers who had cartons blocked at JFK, taking on a loss of some millions of dollars. Meanwhile, the production of the new brand with 100% natural tobacco will not be changed. Read more »