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Hours of Operation

Our hours of operation are 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM Monday - Friday excluding holidays. Retail permit applications are accepted 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM Monday - Thursday and 8:00 AM to 2:30 PM on Friday. 

Permit Suspensions

The following permits are suspended for the dates listed. They cannot buy or sell tobacco products during their permit suspension.

Merchants Wholesale Grocery Co., Inc., Little Rock AR, Wholesale Permit # 02802-01     May 7-16, 2012                    

Contraband Tobacco Enforcement - an Arkansas Tobacco Control priority

Illegal tobacco purchases by individuals and businesses deprive the State of Arkansas of funding for state social, education and health care programs. If you are thinking of buying cigarettes or other tobacco products from other states because they are cheaper, you might want to consider the risk you are taking.

Individuals caught buying, selling or transporting contraband tobacco could face criminal charges. Act 939 of the Regular Session of the 87th General Assembly of Arkansas establishes a forfeiture procedure for contraband tobacco. Any property, including money, used to buy, sell, or transport contraband tobacco may be seized and forfeited to the state. Consider these costs before buying, selling or transporting illegal tobacco.

• Act 939 | PDF

News Articles

• Guest Editorial: Card at 27--It's the Law, May 4 2012
• Lorillard Acquires blu ecigs for $135M, April 25, 2012
• New Tobacco Study Raises Cigarette Price Hike Possibility, April 18, 2012
• Big Tobacco pays states $6.5 billion, unchanged from 2011, April 16, 2012
• States Could See More Tobacco Payments This Year, April 11, 2012
• UPDATE: Appeal of Graphic Cigarette Labels Heads to Court, April 10, 2012
• Swedish Match Enters Seven New U.S. Markets, April 6, 2012
• State puts flame to roll-your-own tobacco stores, April 5, 2012
• WHO brokers deal to kill tobacco smuggling, April 4, 2012
• Tobacco Companies Win Fight Over City's Advertising Ban, April 2, 2012
• Appeals Court Upholds Cigarette Warning Labels in Discount Tobacco City & Lottery Inc. v. U.S., March 19, 2012
• FDA Appeals Judge's Decision on Cigarette Warning Labels, March 6, 2012