Countries mull ban on selling cigarettes on Net, crackdown on smuggling via free trade zones -- chicagotribune.com

GENEVA (AP) — More than 130 countries met Monday to consider whether to ban the sale of tobacco on the Internet as part of an effort to crack down on the multibillion dollar market in contraband cigarettes.

As well as stopping direct sales to consumers, the draft treaty being considered in Geneva this week could ban online vendors from offering raw tobacco or cigarette manufacturing equipment...