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Updated 06/22/2008 09:55 AM

State working on deal to collect taxes on cigarettes at Indian reservations

By: Web Staff

NEW YORK STATE -- State officials are working on a new deal to collect cigarette taxes on the State's Indian reservations.

Negotiators for the state Senate and Assembly tell the Buffalo News the deal would make it illegal for tobacco manufacturers to sell cigarettes to any wholesaler selling tax-free cigarettes on the reservations.

Supporters of the deal say the state could make more than $400 million in cigarette taxes currently lost to tax-free sales.