                 TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
 
                             PART I--CRIMES
 
            CHAPTER 114--TRAFFICKING IN CONTRABAND CIGARETTES
 
Sec. 2345. Effect on State law

    (a) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to affect the 
concurrent jurisdiction of a State to enact and enforce cigarette tax 
laws, to provide for the confiscation of cigarettes and other property 
seized for violation of such laws, and to provide for penalties for the 
violation of such laws.
    (b) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to inhibit or 
otherwise affect any coordinated law enforcement effort by a number of 
States, through interstate compact or otherwise, to provide for the 
administration of State cigarette tax laws, to provide for the 
confiscation of cigarettes and other property seized in violation of 
such laws, and to establish cooperative programs for the administration 
of such laws.

(Added Pub. L. 95-575, Sec. 1, Nov. 2, 1978, 92 Stat. 2465.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 1961 of this title.
