A researcher at the China Tobacco Museum in Shanghai told the New York Times, Cigarettes have an extra value that helps improve many social interactions. Peter Hessler wrote in The New Yorker, For entrepreneurs, the give-and take of cigarettes represents a kind of semaphore. Each brand has a distinct identity and an unspoken exchange rate
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However, in curtailing the ability of counties to raise money by imposing local cigarette taxes, the rule has created a financial obstacle for some retailers by pushing customers toward stores that only charge the state tax
However, more recently, as described above, two District Courts have issued orders preventing FDA from enforcing the rule