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U.S. troops in Afghanistan and Iraq are not getting cigarettes being mailed to them by friends and family because of a new law meant to curb smuggling and underage sales through the mail, according to The Associated Press.
A law went into effect June 29 that mandates that all packages with tobacco be sent through a specific type of U.S. Postal Service shipping that requires a signature for delivery. Even then, that type of shipping does not deliver to many military addresses abroad.
It has left friends and family, who want to send care packages to their loved ones, fuming.
"I would hope they change it," military wife April Woods said of the policy.
Woods, 26, said she would frequently mail her husband, a soldier stationed in Afghanistan, snacks, pictures, drink mixes and Marlboros.
She said her husband doesn't have easy access to stores on the bases and doesn't carry around much cash while stationed abroad.
"It's just ridiculous that they take so much away from our soldiers," Woods added.
Read more: New law prevents mailing cigarettes to U.S. troops overseas in Iraq and Afghanistan
Disgraceful.