Yesmoke Tobacco S.p.A.

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 »