Ron Melendi Tours New York State to Protect the Professional Tobacconists

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Uploaded by on Jun 10, 2011

Ron Melendi, General Manager of De La Concha as well as the President of the New York Tobacconist Association, tours New York State and makes a video documentary in an effort to send a clear message to Albany that the Professional Tobacconists of New York need tax relief and they need it now. Governor, men and women of the Assembly and the Senate, vote yes for the dollar cap.

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  • tax revenue isnt flowing. Pensylvania doesnt get a cent from cigars! They have ZERO cigar tax so

    how is that helping their state coffers?

  • close all the loopholes. Maybe if Pensylvania and other surrounding raised their cigar tax to a level high enough to protect public health like New York does, people in New York would stop driving there just to get cigars. Another thing is to close the loophole where smokers can get their deadly tobacco products tax from the indian reservations and the internet. Close all alternatives and then smokers will buy the taxed new york cigars.

  • yeah lets help the executioners, poor them getting rich of others addiction.happy I quit

  • Ron, great work!!! I sure hope the elected officials in NYS realize what effect these aggregious taxes are having all around. Bill R.

  • The small businesses in NY are being forced to close down and the state is loosing revenue.

  • This is a shame! But ironically, the brands I see behind most of these NY retailers who are fighting for their lives are the same brands that are owned by the very same discount mailorder houses out of PA that are taking their customers. Why do they carry their stuff and push their brands? Its complete insanity! If the NY retailers win this battle, maybe they should take a second look at their product mix - don't you think?

  • Great job Ron, the graphs really bring the fiscal reality to light!

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