New county restrictions may send young smokers to Seneca shops [NY]

From: The Salamanca Press

By Rick Miller, County Reporter

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One Native American smoke shop owner, Ken Van Aernam of Route 219 in Seneca Junction, said people from the Olean area drive to Seneca Junction on I-86 or down Route 417 to Vandalia to buy cheaper cigarettes now. He said there will be more of it when the new law goes into effect, adding he thinks the increased tobacco-buying age will probably lead to a new “prohibition.”

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“The county should have talked to the Seneca Nation,” Van Aernam said. “There should have been a deal made.”

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