Bootlegging of cigarettes (and alcohol, also highly taxed in New York) costs the state nearly $2 billion in tax revenue each year
Start with this simple approach: Pick one or two brands that sound like your style (for example, Arturo Fuente and Romeo y Julieta)
Within just three days of quitting, your oxygen levels increase, your risk of a heart attack decreases by 50%, and your lungs relax, making it easier to breathe
The charade continued for several more decades until June 2009, when the US Senate passed anti-smoking legislation that made it illegal to use the terms light, mild, and low-tar in cigarette marketing
Although the levels of some of these substances are lower than in traditional cigarettes, there is still concern that they can be harmful