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Ways and Means Oversight Held Hearing on Tobacco Smuggling

On May 27, 2010, the House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee held a hearing on tobacco smuggling, and the recommendations made by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau to enhance the traceability of tobacco products. TTB discussed its…

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new $3M in funding to hire and train special agents, its efforts to prevent diversion to avoid the 150% excise tax, and the recommendation to work with FDA on a "track and trace" system authorized by the recently enacted Family Smoking Prevention Act.