The Onondaga Nation of New York plans to stop selling name-brand tobacco in the wake of a decision from the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals.

The tribe says it won't be profitable to sell name-brand tobacco now that the state will be able to enforce its tax on the reservation. "We'll sell out what we have and what we can get, and then we'll sell native brands," attorney Joe Heath told The Syracuse Post-Standard.

Under a new state law and new state regulations, wholesalers who do business with tribes must pay the tobacco tax up front. The 2nd Circuit said the state's plan doesn't infringe on tribal sovereignty.

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Onondaga Nation plans to stop selling name-brand cigarettes (The Syracuse Post-Standard 5/10)

2nd Circuit Decision:
Oneida Nation v. Cuomo (May 9, 2011)

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