Anti-tobacco = Anti-internet

And electronic commerce was invented right there in the home of the free market!

US flagUSA, June 2005 – A bill was introduced in the House of Representatives that would ban delivery of cigarettes and other tobacco products through the mail.

The legislation, which was sponsored by Representative John M. McHugh, a Republican who represents upstate New York and who serves as a chairman of the Housès Special Panel on Postal Reform and Oversight, would declare cigarettes “nonmailable”.

“Logically” online tobacco sales would be abolished all over the world.

“I just don't understand how a carton of smokes can be so expensive at a retail store in Ontario, Canada . If you buy a carton of smokes online it costs roughly about $20CAD and duty on it is approx $24CAD, that makes it about $44 CAD”.

“Meanwhile the price of a carton at a retail store is $70 CAD. So even with duty included, it is definitely a lot cheaper than buying it in stores”. “Glad that there are online stores for cigs”.

But now there is this dirty trick. Smokers who live in Canada may no longer be able to buy their legally sold cigarettes online.

Cigarettes bought online are duty-free in the U.S. … Why?

The Swiss Customs Office, during Yesmoke s five years of activity, advised U.S. Customs that the cigarettes had to be taxed. They even put them all together in separate containers to make it easier and sent the taxation procedure.

But nothing was done: the cigarettes always arrived at the customers doorsteps completely duty-free. This was clearly stated by Fritz Weber, director of the Swiss Customs, during a Swiss television broadcast dedicated to Yesmoke on March 24th 2005.

On the other hand, with the application of the Jenkins Act, American citizens receive the unexpected imposition of a much higher and penalising payment, meant to punish and disuade.

The Dirty Trick

In Canada Yesmoke has no problems with the law. Here, in fact, duty taxes were applied on the delivery of the packages and, pleasant surprise, the cigarettes still cost a bit less than at the local stores. But now smokers of Yesmoke who live in Canada may no longer be able to order cigarettes, because Yesmoke's contracts with Visa and MasterCard have been closed.

Yesmoke Red - Old cigarette pack“Hey all, I'm new here, and found this site when I was searching for some info on Yesmoke, anyways, about a month ago I was having a craving for some cigs and my brand here in Canada is around 70$ CDN a carton and I remembered hearing about Yesmoke. Went to their site, thought about it and made an order for their new Brand. Waited and Waited, emailed them and got this reply”:

“Dear Customer, please contact your credit card company to have your account refunded: at the moment, it is the only option available. Feel free to contact us anytime. Assuring you the best service at all times! Best Regards”.

“I emailed Yesmoke and am waiting for their reply, so I guess this means No More Yesmokes to Canada either.. grrrrr ! And I really wanted to get a hold of their new Brand of cigs”.

It all starts in the Home of the Free Market, the United States of America. Is it possible that in the “Lawyers Paradise”, no one has any objections?

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  • July 28th, 2005

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