New York's Oneida Indian Nation moved a cigarette-manufacturing plant to their upstate reservation to shield smokers from steep taxes that Governor David Paterson has vowed to impose.

"By moving the plant to the Oneida homelands, the Nation is availing itself of a long-settled law that recognizes the right of Indian tribes to sell products they manufacture on their own reservations without interference from state tax laws," tribe officials said in a statement.

Source. NY has hiked cigarette taxes $1.60 and is trying to crack down on untaxed sales on Indian reservations.