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Wednesday, September 19, 2012  A new study shows low-income smokers in New York spend 25 percent of their income on cigarettes.

Thursday, March 08, 2012  More work needs to be done to keep young Americans from using tobacco, including creating smoking bans and increasing taxes on tobacco products to deter youth, the U.S. Surgeon General's office said in a report released Thursday.

Wednesday, September 21, 2011  A federal appeals court panel on Tuesday left in place an order exempting Seneca Indian Nation mail-order businesses from complying with the taxing laws of states where they sell cigarettes.

Friday, July 15, 2011  After decades of delay, New York has started collecting taxes on cigarettes and tobacco products sold by Indian-operated companies.

Tuesday, June 21, 2011  A New York state appeals court has lifted a temporary order preventing the state from taxing cigarettes sold by Indian tribes to non-Native customers.

Thursday, June 09, 2011  New York state is under another court order preventing it from taxing cigarettes sold by Seneca Indian Nation retailers to the general public at reservation stores.

Thursday, June 09, 2011  Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration said Wednesday it will move swiftly to begin taxing cigarettes sold on American Indian reservations to non-Indian customers after getting the go-ahead from a state judge.

Tuesday, May 10, 2011  A federal appeals court has lifted stays that blocked New York's effort to collect taxes on cigarette sales by Indian-owned businesses to non-Indians.

Thursday, December 16, 2010  Seneca Nation President Robert Odawi Porter hopes to ask for President Barack Obama's support in the Indians' fight with New York over cigarette taxes.

Friday, December 10, 2010  New York state remains barred for now from taxing cigarettes sold by Indian retailers to non-Indian customers.

Saturday, November 13, 2010  New York's latest attempt to tax lucrative Native American smokeshop sales to non-Indian customers has generated mountains of legal briefs, hours of argument and a seemingly constant flurry of court decisions.

Thursday, September 23, 2010  The dominant Indian nation in New York's lucrative tax-free cigarette market will return to federal court in Buffalo looking for continued exemption from the state's plans to tax most reservation sales.

Thursday, September 09, 2010  A New York appeals court has held off deciding whether to extend or lift an order blocking the state from collecting taxes on cigarettes sold by Native American stores to non-Indian customers.

Monday, September 06, 2010  Connecticut's $1-a-pack tax hike on cigarettes has brought in $5 million more in revenue than expected since the increase went into place last October.

Friday, August 27, 2010  While the Governor's expectations surrounding violent demonstrations seemed to change throughout the day Thursday, what didn't change was his administration's consistent message to the media about its intention to go ahead with the tax collection.