Tax Facts - State
State cigarette excise taxes range from 7¢ per pack in South Carolina to a high of $3.46 per pack in Rhode Island. The weighted average state cigarette excise tax rate is 95.3¢ per pack. This average does not include the 39¢ federal excise tax.
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For FY2007, the states reaped more than $14.4 billion in gross cigarette excise tax revenues. States also received an estimated $7.2 billion in tobacco settlement payments.
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