New York state has approximately 21,000 licensed retailers selling cigarettes and other tobacco products. If any licensed retailer is found to be selling untaxed tobacco products, he or she faces immediate repercussions including license suspensions or revocation of licenses. In October 2017, New York state’s tax department teamed up with the gaming commission and the state liquor authority in an effort to reduce the sale of contraband tobacco products.
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