From: AP via PilotOnline.com
Virginia lawmakers should license retailers to sell cigarettes to clamp down on smuggling from the state with the second-lowest tobacco tax in the nation, a commission recommended Tuesday.
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Cigarette trafficking has been linked to organized crime, gangs and terrorism.
“Funds are going overseas and are going to hurt our men and women in uniform,” said Republican Sen. Bryce Reeves of Fredericksburg, who supported the licensing proposal. “If somebody out there has a better idea, they better come with it quick.”
