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The Post Office has delivered this staple of American Society (tobacco) for 200 years! It is a big part of their revenues and it will be cut off if US Senate bill S.1147 passes. Kids aren't getting tobacco from the internet. Senators should check to see that online retailers verify age and ID before shipping their products (as most if not all legitimate retailers have done for the last 5 years), instead of shutting down an entire industry. Hezbollah don't benefit from online tobacco sales from retailers within the US! Both of these arguments for passing the PACT Act of 2009 are smoke and mirrors! They are lies! LIES Invented by Anthony Weiner (D - NYC) and Philip Morris a/k/a Altria to jack up their bottom lines! Mr. Weiner was rewarded handsomely by the makers of Marlboro cigarettes to push HR.1176 through the US House of Representatives with these lies! Now, the bill is on the Senate Floor as S.1147 and the far-from-honorable senators only have these same lies to use while considering this to become the law of the land. BTW, CIGARS are not included in this legislation.