Cigarette Taxes in Florida

Tax News

There are currently no proposals to increase cigarette taxes in Florida.
However, your help is still needed to fight potential federal excise tax increases. Contact your member of congress today and make your voice heard:



Tax Facts

The excise tax on one pack of cigarettes in Florida is currently $0.339.


Take a closer look at the cigarette tax dollars being collected in Florida in FY2007.


Excise Taxes Sales Taxes Tobacco Settlement Payments Total Smoker Payments FY2007
State:
Local:
 $428,877,000
$0		 $273,267,000
$0		 $399,000,000 $1,101,144,000


Total tobacco settlement payments to Florida to date (1998-2007): $5,359,200,200


Economic and Tax Profile of Florida Smokers

The impact of smoker payments on the incomes of working families was disproportionately greater — more than THREE TIMES higher — than the impact on the minority of smokers who have higher incomes.

  • Florida smokers' median household income: $34,647
  • Florida non-smokers' median household income: $44,161
  • 32.3% of Florida smokers had household incomes LESS THAN $25,000
  • Only 20% of Florida smokers had household incomes EQUAL TO or GREATER THAN $75,000

Average Tobacco Taxes and Payments

Tax and settlement payment liability paid only by smokers in FY2007 were:

Total average paid per Florida smoker in excise and sales taxes: $268
Cost per Florida smoker for settlement payments to Florida: $152
Total annual payments to Florida per smoker: $420

Smoker Payment Comparisons

Payments by Florida smokers in FY2007 were:
  • Nearly two times as large as FY2006 state beverages taxes and license fees ($638.9 million)
  • Larger than FY2006 intangible tax collections ($1.08 billion)
  • Larger than FY2006 gross receipts taxes on utility and communication services ($999.2 million)
  • More than one and one-half times as large as FY2006 state insurance premium tax collections ($685.5 million)

Florida smoker payments of OVER $1 BILLION were large enough to support FY2007 funding for:
  • Emergency Recovery ($1.063 billion)
    OR
  • Home and Community Services for Persons with Disabilities ($895.6 million)
    OR
  • Economic Self-Sufficiency Program ($571.6 million) AND Mental Health ($442.4 million)


Total Smoker Cigarette Payments

Average Cigarette Profits
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Per year: $1,101,144,000
Per day: $3,014,768
Per hour: $125,615
Per minute: $2,094
Per second: $34.89


Help prevent more state tobacco tax increases.
Call 1.877.857.8074 or email your state representative.