Is a Carton of Cigarettes Allowed in Carry-on Luggage?
May 13, 2008, 9:06 am
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Is a Carton of Cigarettes Allowed in Carry-on Luggage?
I am flying to Visit my cousin this weekend and in the state i live in cigarettes are almost half the price of where he lives. He wants me to bring him a carton when I come, but I don't plan on Checking any Luggage Just a carry on and my laptop bag. Will I have any issues with this? What is the TSA's policy on this?
they would still be sealed from the factory also...
Thanks!
they would still be sealed from the factory also...
Thanks!
May 13, 2008, 9:14 am
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May 13, 2008, 9:38 am
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I am flying to Visit my cousin this weekend and in the state i live in cigarettes are almost half the price of where he lives. He wants me to bring him a carton when I come, but I don't plan on Checking any Luggage Just a carry on and my laptop bag. Will I have any issues with this? What is the TSA's policy on this?
I can't imagine why the hell they wouldn't be allowed.
May 13, 2008, 9:38 am
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I assume you will probably be flying thru the airport that you are going to be working at? Make sure you know what you're doing, ya don't want to look like a moron in front of your new co-workers
Good luck with your new job.
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May 13, 2008, 4:20 pm
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Cigarettes are allowed as carry on, but your matches are restricted. If you connect through some 3rd world country due to an equipment change the security personnel tend to prefer Marlboro to Camel when taking bribes.
May 13, 2008, 4:21 pm
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May 13, 2008, 8:19 pm
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They were not "French Smokes" they were "Freedom Smokes"......come on, get the terminology right!
Cigarettes are allowed as carry on, but your matches are restricted. If you connect through some 3rd world country due to an equipment change the security personnel tend to prefer Marlboro to Camel when taking bribes.
Cigarettes are allowed as carry on, but your matches are restricted. If you connect through some 3rd world country due to an equipment change the security personnel tend to prefer Marlboro to Camel when taking bribes.
We didnt have to worry about ending up in a third world country, depending on how you currently classify the United States, on a ZRH-JFK nonstop unless something went very, very much wrong.
May 13, 2008, 8:23 pm
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Actually in some states I think the law is even more restrictive in moving things between states because of taxation. I think in some cases there is no allowance, that said, since there is no customs it isnt often enforced. I have read intermittent news stories about someone getting busted however, usually with liquor rather than cigarettes. One I remember was Ohio police nailing someone buying booze in Kentucky and the other was someone in Maryland getting busted buying booze in the District. In both cases from low/no tax areas to higher tax areas.