The Snus You Love, The Snus You Need

Been awhile folks.

As I’m sure you’re aware, PACT joined us this past week. While the tax part is annoying, I understand it. Your government wants your money, it can get it however it wants to, more or less.

It the USPS ban that so fucking stupid congress and the president should be sent to clown school. I’ve never once heard of a kid who got smokes on the Internet. I’m not saying it’s never happened. Rather, if you want to keep tobacco out of kid’s hands, you should ban tobacco sales in convenience stores and raise the age limit to buy tobacco to 21.Why? Because stupid kids under 18 get their friends who are exactly 18 to by smokes from them at convenience stores. And about 1 in 10 guys who work at these places will sell to anyone. Why? Probably just stupidity, laziness or greed.Perhaps all three.

Luckily, it may well be unconstitutional to ban the mailing of tobacco. Some 140 Seneca online tobacco sellers got a restraining order allowing them to continue to ship via the post office.

They claim the law violates:

the Commerce Clause
the Import-Export Clause
the Due Process Clause
the Equal Protection Clause
the 10th Amendment
Native American treaties

Now, I have no idea whether these claims are true or not. But I do like that there are so many of them. I also think it would be awesome if this shit got struck down. However, I doubt it will.

Meanwhile, people trying to buy snus online over the past week or so have had problems. I’m going to quote a reader of my blog and my response here:

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Mark Mitchell commented: Hmmm. As the good Doctor and brother Chad have without doubt noticed things are not going as swimmingly for The Northerner as they, and pretty much everyone else, had hoped. The PACT transition is proving to knotty in the extreme. Of course the fullness of time will insure that order emerges from the current chaos but a heck of a lot of ill will is being generated in this confused and testy interregnum.

I responded: I’ve read about the problems people are having and it is unfortunate. However, we’re just one week since they implemented their new software. They’ll surely figure their shit out. If it takes a month, I wouldn’t be surprised. They now have to deal with about 50 tobacco licenses, 50 sets of reports and pay taxes to 50 jurisdictions. It’s a fucking nightmare, and seems all but impossible. Keep in mind how many snus shops got out the business to avoid this mess. As far as ill will goes, again, I get it, but it’s misdirected. Call you congressman. Your representatives did this on your behalf. Anyway, whatever ill will it generates doesn’t matter much. Where else are we going to buy from?

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Now, if you read anything about snus anywhere on the web, you knew PACT and the FDA were on the way. Here’s what I did to prepare:

I’m sure Northerner will figure out what’s going on before I run out.

And, awesomely, the General fridge at my cigar bar now has a cool dispenser contraption:

As you can see, we’re low on snus. Order’s on the way, I hear.