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       Si.e                Cigarette Taxes and Cigarette

                          Smuggling by State, 2018

FISCAL                    UIrik Boesen
FACT                      Senior Policy Analyst, Excise Taxes
No. 733
Nov. 2020
                          Key   Findings:

                               Excessive tax rates on cigarettes in some states induce substantial black and
                                gray market movement of tobacco products into high-tax states from low-tax
                                states or foreign sources.

                               New  York has the highest inbound smuggling activity, with an estimated 53.2
                                percent of cigarettes consumed in the state deriving from smuggled sources
                                in 2018. New York is followed by California (47.7 percent of consumption
                                smuggled), Washington (40.1 percent), New Mexico (36 percent), and
                                Minnesota (35.8 percent).

                               New  Hampshire has the highest level of outbound smuggling at 66.8 percent
                                of consumption, likely due to its relatively low tax rates and proximity to
                                high-tax states in the northeastern United States. Following New Hampshire
                                is Idaho (27.4 percent outbound smuggling), Wyoming (23.1 percent), Virginia
                                (22.8 percent), and North Dakota (20 percent).

                               Rhode Island, following a cigarette tax increase from $3.75 to $4.25 in the
                                Summer  of 2017, has seen a significant increase in smuggling into the state,
                                moving it from a ranking of 18th to 8th highest inflow of cigarettes in the U.S.

                               Cigarette tax rates increased in 39 states and the District of Columbia
                                between 2006  and 2017.
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