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Originally Posted by jimmycooper
Cigarettes in NYC are generally around $12 or $12.50 per pack. I read somewhere that most of the 'illegal' cigarettes come from Virginia or North Carolina where you can get a pack for $5-6. They're even cheaper if you get them at an Indian reservation and there are a few near NYC. Let's just assume that he was buying cartons of Newport 120's in bulk from VA at $5 per pack and selling them individually for $1 each which nets $20 per pack. That's a pretty good margin which could lead to a decent income if he was pushing weight. Relatively speaking, of course, because he probably didn't have many other options.
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I read an article (can't find link right now) where his family claimed he was supporting them from his street cigarette sales. His endeavor was either lucrative or the other theory in the article was a potential civil suit would include loss of income, etc.