So is cigarette smuggling. Smugglers stock up on cigarettes in low-tax states or buy them tax-free on Indian reservations.

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And he adds that it would be useful for U.S.law enforcement officials to coordinate with foreign agencies and governments, since cigarette smuggling has increasingly become a crime with no borders.

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The Levinson family says Robert was working as a private investigator looking into cigarette smuggling in Iran when he went missing.

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According to his family, Levinson was working as a private investigator looking into cigarette smuggling and disappeared during a business trip there.

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The anti-cigarette smuggling bill Mr. Weiner sponsored was aimed at preventing online cigarette vendors from selling to people who weren't paying local taxes or were underage.

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