Posts Tagged ‘pact act’

Obama Signs PACT Act

Well, looks like it’s time to stock up on snus. The President signed the PACT Act today. As of June 30th or thereabouts, retailers will be required to collect your state taxes, ship with a private carrier, and get that carrier to verify your age on delivery.
Here’s a link to an article about it from [...]


PACT Act Passes House

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Pact Act today 387 to 25. Now it goes to Obama for a signature.
Happy St. Patrick’s day.
Get your credit cards ready. Snus is about to get pricier.
Sucks… but still not the end of the world.
For you tax rates, visit this link (PDF).


PACT Act Isn’t the End of the World

Don’t believe the hype. While the likely passage of PACT isn’t good news, neither is it the end of the world. There are only three downsides, none of which will keep snus out of your hands.
First, snus users will have to pay some more taxes, and that sucks. Depending on where you live and how [...]


PACT Act Passes Senate

The Senate passed the pact act yesterday. It’s not quite a done deal, as the house needs to vote again on it due to small differences in the bill… but the chances of them not passing look remote. If they do pass it, then it will go to Obama’s desk for a signature, which it [...]


PACT Act is Back

On Thursday, the Senate Judiciary Committee will discuss and vote on whether it will send the PACT Act to the Senate for a full vote.
This would be kind of a bummer for buying snus online. Either it would either make it illegal or put a bunch of hoops so that it would be a pain [...]