Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal ProcedureRelease 119-73
§2342 Unlawful acts
Title 18 › Part PART I— - CRIMES › Chapter CHAPTER 114— - TRAFFICKING IN CONTRABAND CIGARETTES AND SMOKELESS TOBACCO › § 2342
Summary
Knowingly handling contraband cigarettes or smokeless tobacco, or knowingly falsifying records per transaction over 10,000 cigarettes, is illegal.
Full Legal Text
Title 18, §2342
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(a)It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to ship, transport, receive, possess, sell, distribute, or purchase contraband cigarettes or contraband smokeless tobacco.
(b)It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to make any false statement or representation with respect to the information required by this chapter to be kept in the records of any person who ships, sells, or distributes any quantity of cigarettes in excess of 10,000 in a single transaction.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2006—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 109–177, § 121(b)(2), inserted “or contraband smokeless tobacco” after “contraband cigarettes”. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 109–177, § 121(a)(2), substituted “10,000” for “60,000”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Subsec. (a) of this section effective Nov. 2, 1978, and subsec. (b) of this section effective on first day of first month beginning more than 120 days after Nov. 2, 1978, see section 4 of Pub. L. 95–575, set out as a note under section 2341 of this title.
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Citation
18 U.S.C. § 2342
Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73