Smokin Joes Trading Post

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.^{[7][8][9][10]}