A bill to eliminate racketeering in the sale and distribution of cigarettes and to assist State and local governments in the enforcement of cigarette taxes.

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Prohibits the transportation of contraband cigarettes in interstate commerce. Defines contraband cigarettes as a quantity in excess of twenty thousand cigarettes, bearing no evidence of the payment of applicable State cigarette taxes, in the possession of unauthorized carriers. Provides for the seizure and forfeiture of cigarettes transported and vehicles used for such transportation in violation of State laws. Provides for a penalty of a fine of not more that $10,000 or imprisonment for not more that two years, or both, for anyone violating this Act.…