“According to state c-store owners, cigarette sales in the state dropped 24 percent in August, two months post-prohibition, and the state has seen a nearly $32 million drop in tobacco excise taxes in the three months since its first-in-the-nation ban on menthol cigarettes took effect. “We are not surprised to see the revenue losses continue to add up in Massachusetts, nor are we shocked to see New Hampshire reaping the benefits of the policy,” said Jonathan Shaer, executive director of the NECSEMA. “They are now being brought into Massachusetts from over its borders for personal consumption and illegal distribution. The state and our stores both lose,” he added.”
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Flavored Tobacco Ban Impacts Cigarette Sales in Massachusetts
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