INTERNET CIGARETTES – USA
April 1st, 2005
BY MONICA DOBIESCORES of Internet tobacco retailers have shut down in America after all major credit card companies refused to accept payment for tobacco products bought online, the New York Times has reported.The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms had warned credit card companies most such sales were illegal. Its officials claimed Internet merchants were not complying with age verification practices or registering sales with governments to insure the collection of state taxes.In particular, it alleged online retailers were not complying with the ...
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