"Our industry is not here to encourage smoking, but it offers dedicated smokers already addicted to the product an opportunity to make their own product at a reduced cost
Collection Rarely Seen Richmond: Early twentieth century Richmond as seen through vintage postcards Source William Shuman Collection of Richmond, Virginia Postcards, Accession Number 2004-09-12, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University
This came amid warnings New Zealand's illegal tobacco market would become as bad as Australia's
However, Richard Marianos, the former assistant director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, blasted Bidens final push to ban cigarettes, suggesting the effective bans will drive users to purchase unregulated products on the black market and prove a financial windfall for criminals at home and abroad