Cigarette Taxes in Florida

Higher Taxes Affect You

ALERT: There is currently a proposal to increase cigarette taxes in Florida by $0.50 to $1.00 per pack. Tax advocates want to increase the tax to address part of the state's budget deficit as well as fund healthcare projects. It is important that you contact your Florida representatives today.

• Call your state representatives: 1.866.658.8337 (toll-free)
• Email your state representatives

Tax Facts

The excise tax on one pack of cigarettes in Florida is currently $1.339.

Take a closer look at the cigarette tax dollars being collected in Florida in FY2008.

	Excise Taxes	Sales Taxes	Tobacco Settlement Payments	Total Smoker Payments FY2008
State: Local:	$410,913,000 $0	$265,676,000 $0	$437,800,000	$1,114,389,000

Total tobacco settlement payments to Florida to date (1998-2008): $5,794,400,000

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: $39,844
• Florida non-smokers' median household income: $49,019
• 30.8% of Florida smokers had household incomes LESS THAN $25,000
• Only 18.8% 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 FY2008 were:

Total average paid per Florida smoker in excise and sales taxes:	$348
Cost per Florida smoker for settlement payments to Florida:	$160
Total annual payments to Florida per smoker:	$508

Smoker Payment Comparisons

Payments by Florida smokers in FY2008 were:

• Nearly two times as large as FY2008 state beverages taxes and license fees ($609.2 million)
• Two and one-half times larger than FY 2008 intangible tax collections ($436.3 million)
• More than one and one-half times as large as FY2008 state insurance premium tax collections ($672.1 million)

Florida smoker payments of OVER $1 BILLION were large enough to support FY2008 funding for:

• Economic Self-Sufficiency Program ($540.4 million) AND Agriculture and Consumer Services ($383.8 million) AND Citrus Programs ($67.3 million)
  OR
• Law Enforcement ($289.1 million) AND Community Corrections Programs ($266.2) AND Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission ($276.5 million) AND Waste Management ($253.3 million)

Help prevent more state tobacco tax increases.
Call 1.866.658.8337 or email your state representative.