Roll-Your-Own Cigarette Shop Operations Halted — Again
A court ruling again makes RYO tobacco shops illegal if they are operating without a manufacturer's license — something that costs far too much for these small business owners.
Just when Port's Smoke Shack owner Corey Judson thought all would return to normal with his Roll-Your-Own cigarette shop, a court decision again put the brakes on his operation. After getting word on Aug. 17 that pending legal action would allow him to operate without manufacturers' license — a requirement created under a law passed in July as part of the federal transportation bill, one that RYO stores hired attorneys and created a petition to overturn — Judson said he had his store ready to start operating RYO machines by Aug. 20. But on Aug. 20, Judson learned that the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on a different case from 2010 that again classified RYO cigarette shops as manufacturers, and that he would now have until Aug…
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Terry
5:10 pm on Tuesday, August 28, 2012
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