1 carton of cigarettes price A sign outside Smokes For Less, in Henderson, Ky., on Tuesday, May 31, 2005, displays what the prices a of will be after the June 1, tax increase. Kentucky's 305's Full Flavor 100's Box

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Enforcement officers rely on tips from the public, other shopkeepers, schools, and public health authorities to identify retailers who may be selling to underage customers, according to Kate Pike, lead officer for tobacco and vapes at the Chartered Trading Standards Institute

I think sometimes legislators dont think through the ways people can avoid these things as much. (The Department of Revenues chief economist, Kazim Ozyurt, made a similar point in a presentation before the Illegal Tobacco Commission in November: Tax avoidance appears to be unavoidable in general, one of his slides began, before detailing ways to mitigate it.) In this view, figuring out the right place to set a cigarette tax is less a matter of simply passing a law, and more about finding the right balance among public health, budget needs, and crime