From: California Distributors Association
An Update on Federal Issues: ATF and Contraband Cigarettes
CDA has become aware that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) has begun to enforce more aggressively a decades old law known as the Trafficking in Contraband Cigarettes and Smokeless Tobacco Act. This can affect all distributors, but especially those which have a cash and carry business operated from their warehouses, branches, offices, or stores.
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CDA advises that ATF has advised that its enforcement of the Cigarette and Smokeless Tobacco Contraband Act is expected to expand throughout the entire United States. ATF stated that to date, its activities have been primarily centered around Virginia and North Carolina on criminal oriented activities.
