As the economy native smokes near me and cigarette taxes rose, the tobacco black market thrived on Indian reservations, where one in three cigarettes sold in New York state were channeled untaxed through smoke shops run by tribe members. That traffic robbed the state and city of nearly $1 billion in taxes. Governor Cuomo has pursued a legal fight to tax name-brand cigarettes on reservations, but his administration has done little to test and enforce that right, leaving tribal entrepreneurs free to stock the shelves of convenience stores with native-made brands at cut-rate prices.

The Oneida Nation in central New York sells 1.6 million cartons of Marlboros, Kools, Camels, Newports and Winstons in its reservation stores each year, a local market that supports programs like college scholarships, housing assistance and a health clinic. As the state cracks down on the sales of tax-free national brands, some tribes have responded by abandoning the national products and embracing their own.

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Nathan, a Lakota from the Oglala Sioux tribe, never smoked, but for 11 years he worked at a casino that allowed smoking and breathed in other people’s secondhand smoke on a daily basis. It damaged his lungs so badly that he had to give up many activities he loved, including tribal dancing. In this video from CDC’s Tips From Former Smokers campaign, he describes the problems he had to face. He now suffers from permanent lung damage.

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