Smokin Joes Trading Post is an American cigarette manufacturer and retailer headquartered in Niagara County, New York.
Anderson, a member of the Tuscaroran tribe, started the Smokin Joes Trading Post company in 1985 out of his unheated trailer.
[1][2] The company employed tax loopholes to sell tobacco and gasoline products on New York reservations,[3] first establishing a Smokin Joes Brand cigarette production facility on the Tuscarora reservation in 1994 before expanding production to other reservations.
[4][5] In 2013, Anderson was sued by the United States for $2.4 million in tobacco assets.
[6] In 2018, New York State bought 11 acres of land in Niagara Falls from Smokin Joes for $25 million.