I am traveling threw Canada to Alaska. Can I take in US cigarettes or is this considered contraband?

When traveling threw I want to know if I can take in a couple of cartons. I read in the Canada customs web site that some house plants can be taken threw but it said the soil must be removed? Did I read this correctly? I plan on putting plastic bags around the pots, will that be ok? Thanks for any help. It is greatly appreciated.

If you are traveling FROM the US and stopping at the airport in Canada to connect to a flight to Alaska and will not be leaving the airport, this is no problem. If you are departing from Canada to Alaska, it becomes more complicated. As far as your smokes go, generally you can bring 200 cigarettes into a country, which is 10 packs or one carton. Bring any more than that and you'll either have to declare them at customs and pay taxes on them or not declare them, which while not a huge deal likely is still technically smuggling. You'll most likely be able to get whatever brands you were used to in Canada in Alaska.

About the plants, if there is soil in the bags, this is not OK, no soil is allowed period. It isn't a concern about mess, but about germs. If there is some micro organism in the soil that while harmless in the Canadian eco system because the plants there are immune, could possibly kill plants in Alaska who have never been exposed to it. It is a huge pain I know, and a very very small chance of anything like that happening, but for instance Australia has a huge problem with a non native toad species that was smuggled over as pets, escaped into the wild and bred. There are no predators of these toads in Australia, and they have hurt alot of the ecosystem there.

yes you can up to 4 cartons !! have nice trip up there !!

just buy some canadian classics theyz the cheapest and the best here

1 carton per person who's 18 yrs old plus. American Camels, Salems, Winston and Marlboro's are widely available in Canada.

Customs, both US and Canada have strict restrictions on plants.

Flying, you can only bring 1 carton of cigarettes across either border. Driving, you can bring whatever you want.

Please do note that American cigs are widely sold in corners stores everywhere in Canada. And, they could be cheaper.

Taking any plants is tricky. Because it's US/Can you will likely have no issue. It's international flights that they will be denied. Better to take seeds, and hide them. Unless it's pot, why not send it by registered mail instead?