By Gabe Bullard
Louisville, KY – A postal service act has been revised to allow tobacco to be sent to soldiers serving in foreign combat zones. The PACT Act took effect in June. To prevent tobacco from going to minors, it only allowed cigarettes and other products to be sent through tracked and confirmed Express Mail. But Express Mail cannot be sent to many combat zones, so care packages to soldiers that contained cigarettes were blocked. Postal service spokesperson Greg Frey says later this month, that ban will be lifted.
"Senders in the United States can now use Priority Mail with delivery confirmation as an alternative, and that will start August 27th."
Frey says other mail rules will not change, and the exemption only affects mail sent to certain military addresses.