Maryland's Cigar Mailing Ban!!!

[kola]

Jackal - 5/12/2011  5:06 PM

I am still not understanding this law, as it seems to apply to business outside of the state shipping into Maryland.  Maryland has no authority to impose any kind of restrictions on the sellers of OTPs that are outside of its state's lines.

Am I missing something  

Only the fact that these are bureaucrats with an axe to grind. Reality is just a minor inconvenience.

[ROTHNH]

kola - 5/12/2011  7:44 PM

Jackal - 5/12/2011  5:06 PM

I am still not understanding this law, as it seems to apply to business outside of the state shipping into Maryland.  Maryland has no authority to impose any kind of restrictions on the sellers of OTPs that are outside of its state's lines.

Am I missing something  

Only the fact that these are bureaucrats with an axe to grind. Reality is just a minor inconvenience.

I can't help but wonder what the CRA, IPC&PR, RDTA and other organizations are doing about this.  It would take organizations like that who have the clout, the lobbyists and the lawyers to attack this from multiple directions to sink it.

I'm worried to think the answer is little or nothing, since it can be argued that such state laws like Maryland's do not affect neighborhood B&Ms, but mostly the larger internet vendors ... and they may drop it there, not thinking through to the fact that such state laws negatively and directly impact on almost all cigar and pipe smokers if allowed to spread to other states.

[nwb]

ROTHNH - 5/13/2011  12:12 AM
 ... and they may drop it there, not thinking through to the fact that such state laws negatively and directly impact on almost all cigar and pipe smokers if allowed to spread to other states.

That is my worry as well....