Sentences with phrase «illegal cigarettes»

The appointment of a special prosecutor was prompted by a number of recent incidents where civilians were killed by police, including Eric Garner, a Staten Island man who police put in a choke hold after Garner was accused of selling illegal cigarettes on the sidewalk.

ALBANY — The state task force cracking down on illegal cigarette sales is kicking major butt.

Silver and her colleagues studied the sales of illegal cigarette packs at licensed New York City retailers in the spring and fall of 2014, after the minimum price law was established.

Officer Daniel Pantaleo was also seen on video using the banned technique while arresting Garner, 43, for allegedly selling illegal cigarettes on July 17 in Staten Island.

The Tax and Finance Department has hired a criminal investigation professional and embedded State Police at its satellite offices in attempts to enhance enforcement of tax evasion schemes such as illegal cigarette trafficking.

The Volta Region Office of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), has seized assorted illegal cigarettes from the Ho Central market.

«The SLA is committed to partnering with Tax and Finance and the Gaming Commission to eliminate illegal cigarette trafficking,» said SLA Chairman Vincent Bradley.

But as smoking declines and illegal cigarette smuggling increases, the revenue from cigarette taxes is expected to wane.

The Memphis, Tenn. - based FedEx says the claims lack legal foundation and it supports efforts to stop illegal cigarette distribution.

«Consumers may be unaware they are purchasing illegal cigarettes, since, at least in our study, clerks sold our investigators these cigarettes at full price,» noted Silver.

The incident was caught on a controversial video in which Garner is seen being wrestled to the ground by officers for selling illegal cigarettes — before being heard saying «I can't breathe» nearly a dozen times.

Nearly three - dozen organized crime members were busted by federal authorities in Manhattan for an odd mishmash of crimes — trafficking 5 tons of stolen chocolate as well as hordes of illegal cigarettes.

Andrew Cuomo begins his second term in office amid strife over the police killing of Eric Garner, an unarmed citizen in State Island who was selling illegal cigarettes, and the murder of two police officers.

Andrew Cuomo begins his second term in office amid strife over the police killing of Eric Garner, an unarmed citizen in Staten Island who was selling illegal cigarettes, and the murder of two police officers.

The appointment of a special prosecutor was prompted by a number of recent incidents where civilians were killed by police, including Eric Garner, a Staten Island man who police put in a choke hold after Garner was accused of selling illegal cigarettes.

Cuomo, at the recently finished World Trade Center in lower Manhattan, gave his address in the midst of strife over the police killing of Eric Garner, an unarmed citizen in State Island who was selling illegal cigarettes, and the murder of two police officers.

Evoking memories of a more troubling era, the NYPD finds itself under mounting criticism over the death of a Staten Island man whom police were arresting for selling illegal cigarettes...

The Governor's Office of Homeland Security, the Department of Taxation and Finance and the State Police must issue an Annual Report on their efforts to combat the illegal cigarette trade.

Criminal justice reform advocates say the strategy leads to the types of confrontations that Garner, who was being questioned for selling illegal cigarettes, faced.

These illegal cigarette sales are more pervasive in independent stores, as opposed to chain stores, according to the study published in the BMJ journal Tobacco Control.

«Our research found that illegal cigarettes are regularly available over the counter in New York City,» said study author Diana Silver, associate professor of public health at NYU's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development and College of Global Public Health.

Illegal cigarettes, packaged to resemble genuine brands, supply about 5 percent of the market in the United Kingdom.

The tobacco in some illegal cigarettes seems to have been grown using metal - laced fertilizers, making the cigarettes even more harmful than the real things, scientists say.

At the moment, the Commissioner was out on the patio having an illegal cigarette in the corner that shielded him best from the wind.