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18 U.S.C. § 2345

Effect on State and local law

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(a) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to affect the concurrent jurisdiction of a State or local government to enact and enforce its own cigarette tax laws, to provide for the confiscation of cigarettes or smokeless tobacco and other property seized for violation of such laws, and to provide for penalties for the violation of such laws.(b) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to inhibit or otherwise affect any coordinated law enforcement effort by a number of State or local governments, through interstate compact or otherwise, to provide for the administration of State or local cigarette tax laws, to provide for the confiscation of cigarettes or smokeless tobacco and other property seized in violation of such laws, and to establish cooperative programs for the administration of such laws.(Added Pub. L. 95–575, § 1, Nov. 2, 1978, 92 Stat. 2465; amended Pub. L. 109–177, title I, § 121(b)(5), (e), (g)(2), Mar. 9, 2006, 120 Stat. 222–224.)Editorial NotesAmendments

2006—Pub. L. 109–177, § 121(g)(2), substituted “Effect on State and local law” for “Effect on State law” in section catchline.

Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 109–177, § 121(b)(5), (e)(1), substituted “a State or local government to enact and enforce its own” for “a State to enact and enforce” and inserted “or smokeless tobacco” after “cigarettes”.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 109–177, § 121(b)(5), (e)(2), substituted “of State or local governments, through interstate compact or otherwise, to provide for the administration of State or local” for “of States, through interstate compact or otherwise, to provide for the administration of State” and inserted “or smokeless tobacco” after “cigarettes”.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 2000–2016 · leading case: Richard M. Villarreal v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
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Richard M. Villarreal v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company (2016) ca11 · cites it 2× “, 18 U.S.C. § 2345 (b) (“inhibit or otherwise affect”); 25 U.”
Robertson v. Washington State Liquor Control Board (2000) washctapp · cites it 2× “Specifically, 18 U.S.C. § 2345 (a) states: Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to affect the concurrent jurisdiction of a State to enact and enforce cigarette tax laws, to provide for the confiscation of cigarettes and other property seized for violation of such laws, and…”
Robertson v. State Liquor Control Bd. (2000) washctapp · cites it 2× “Specifically, 18 U.S.C. § 2345 (a) states: Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to affect the concurrent jurisdiction of a State to enact and enforce cigarette tax laws, to provide for the confiscation of cigarettes and other property seized for violation of such laws, and…”
NEW HAMPSHIRE MOTOR TRANSPORT ASS'N v. Rowe (2005) med · cites it 2× “18 U.S.C. § 2345 (a). 24 . H.R. Rep. 95-1778, at 13 (1978), reprinted in 1978 U.”
Richard M. Villarreal v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company (2016) ca11 “, 18 U.S.C. § 2345 (b) (“inhibit or otherwise affect”); 25 U.”
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