[CharlesWayneCT]

While it's true you can buy some items online without paying taxes, cigarettes are not one of those items.

It's not generally true in the legal sense. And it apparently is true in the practical sense for cigarettes, since she did it. The question is whether you can do it without getting caught.

[ChildOfThe60s]

The question is whether you can do it without getting caught.

Fits in perfectly with liberal dogma. "The crime is not in the doing, but in the getting caught".