Law Snuffs Out Mailing Smokes To Deployed Troops -- AP
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Family and friends have suddenly found themselves blocked from shipping cigarettes and other tobacco products to American troops in Afghanistan and Iraq because of a new law meant to hamper smuggling and underage sales through the mail.
The Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking Act of 2009 quietly took effect June 29. It cut off those care packages by effectively requiring that tobacco be sent with one particular kind of U.S. Postal Service shipping that requires a signature for delivery but does not deliver to most overseas military addresses.
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My Comment: I understand the overall intent of the law, but considering the impact that it will have on thousands of soldiers who thrive on the little things .... like their Malboros .... this law should be amended.
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I too understand why they made the law, but my husband is over in Afghanistan and is stationed where he can't buy smokes. Being that he is fighting for our country to be free....I feel I should be able to send him cigarettes.
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