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TAX
FOUNDATION

FISCAL

FACT
Feb. 2015
No. 450


Cigarette Taxes and

Cigarette Smuggling by State, 2013


By  Scott  Drenkard
    Economist & Manager
    of State Projects


&  Joseph   Henchman
  Vice President, Legal
  & State Projects


Key  Findings

*  Large differentials in cigarette taxes across states create incentives for
   black market sales.

 * Smuggled cigarettes make up substantial portions of cigarette consumption
   in many states, and greater than 20 percent of consumption in fifteen
   states.

 * The highest inbound cigarette smuggling rates are in New York (58.0
   percent), Arizona (49.3 percent), Washington (46.4 percent), New Mexico
   (46.1 percent), and Rhode Island (32.0 percent).

 * The highest outbound smuggling rates are in New Hampshire (28.6
   percent), Idaho (24.2 percent), Virginia (22.6 percent), Delaware (22.6
   percent), and Wyoming (21.0 percent).

 * Smuggling rates jumped substantially in Illinois after hikes in state and
   county excise tax rates, from 1.1 percent of consumption in the last edition
   to 20.9 percent in this edition.

 * Cigarette tax rates increased in 30 states and the District of Columbia
   between 2006 and 2013.

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