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Bell, CBP Port Director of Los Angeles/Long Beach Seaport, "Selling illegally imported cigarettes could yield high profits for underground vendors due to the low cost of cigarettes when purchased overseas and the evasion of taxes owed upon import

They're being re-checked if they sell to someone who's not of age, she continued

This followed a 2015 recommendation by the American Academy of Pediatrics that ENDS be regulated as tobacco products because of concerns that use of the devices would lead teens to smoke traditional cigarettes and expose their developing brains to nicotine

As a result, the effect of the measures tax increases on sales and use tax revenue from the sale of cigarettes, tobacco products, and e-cigarettes could be positive or negative, depending on the magnitude of the consumer response