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.
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Does the Shadow of Big Tobacco Loom Behind the Recent Seizure of Mohawk Cigarettes?
