Jun 1 · 2012
Does the Shadow of Big Tobacco Loom Behind the Recent Seizure of Mohawk Cigarettes?

In the summer of 2011, the Altria Group, the biggest of the Big Tobacco companies and the parent company of Philip Morris USA, released a “white paper” that urged New York State to clamp down on tax-free cigarettes manufactured on Indian land. The paper, replete with references to news reports, statutes and case law, was one more feint in a long line of efforts by Big Tobacco to get the federal and state governments to crack down on its competition—sovereign Indian nations and small tobacco manufacturers.

Cigarettes Big Tobacco Philip Morris Mohawk Native American Indian Country American Indian
  • 3
    1. dorito-brows reblogged this from indiancountry
    2. 43wolves reblogged this from indiancountry and added:
      Big Tobacco companies trying to rule the world.
    3. indiancountry posted this