Said the director of Cigarette and Miscellaneous Taxes at the Department of Revenue: "At the present time in Michigan we do not feel that any serious border problem exists with our neighboring states."[53] In 1961, the NTTA reported that no arrest had been made for illegal transportation of cigarettes for the past two years but stressed the need for "continued vigilance."[54] The next few years did see some arrests, including one in which a bus and 1,605 cartons of cigarettes were seized.[55] There were also reports of traffic in cigarettes and alcohol between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario.[56] One problem, which could have become more serious if left unattended, was Michigan's general tobacco products tax, which went into effect in January 1960.[57] Cigars were not covered by the federal Jenkins Act, so many Michiganders used mail order to purchase tax-free cigars, just as they once had with cigarettes
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In the more than a decade that ATF has been part of DOJ, it has not been adequately incorporated into the larger family of federal law enforcement agencies, and there has been insufficient oversight of its activities, particularly in the context of developing large-scale operations to address issues of national importance, such as gun trafficking to Mexico
The next attempt, in 2012, failed even more narrowly by less than 1 percent of voters after a $48 million tobacco-funded campaign