PLAISTOW -- A driver was stopped by police and ticketed Thursday after police say she attempted to pass off a pack of Camel 99 cigarettes as an official New Hampshire inspection sticker.

The camel — no, not Joe Camel — got his nose under the tent in 1941, when Illinois levied a 2 cent tax on a package of 20 cigarettes.

Illinois just raised the tax on tobacco, which includes a slew of products beyond cigarettes. Why it matters: Where the Marlboro Man or Joe Camel used to line the windows of convenience stores and gas ...