Going across the border for a cigarette - 2004-02-07
A proposed tax in Cook County has Indiana smoke shop retailers anxiously hoping for hordes of people crossing the border to feed their nicotine habits.
People won't have to look for a proliferation of new tobacco-selling entities, however. Ben Mena, owner of Cigarette Express in Hammond, sees Illinois locals driving over the border daily to gamble at Horseshoe Casino, and that didn’t generate a need for any more smoke shops.
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