Cigarette Taxes in Illinois
Tax News
There are currently no proposals to increase cigarette taxes in Illinois.
However, your help is still needed to fight potential federal excise tax increases. Contact your member of congress today and make your voice heard:
- Call your member of congress 1.877.857.8074 (toll-free)
- Email your member of congress
Tax Facts
The excise tax on one pack of cigarettes in Illinois is currently $0.98.
Take a closer look at the cigarette tax dollars being collected in Illinois in FY2007.
| Excise Taxes | Sales Taxes | Tobacco Settlement Payments | Total Smoker Payments FY2007 | |
| State: Local: |
$611,785,000 $221,697,690 |
$169,164,000 $53,590,000 |
$280,300,000 | $1,336,536,690 |
Total tobacco settlement payments to Illinois to date (1998-2007): $2,392,500,000
Economic and Tax Profile of Illinois 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.
- Illinois smokers' median household income: $38,080
- Illinois non-smokers' median household income: $51,766
- 32.5% of Illinois smokers had household incomes LESS THAN $25,000
- Only 20.7% of Illinois 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 Illinois smoker in excise and sales taxes: | $554 | Cost per Illinois smoker for settlement payments to Illinois: | $147 |
| Total annual payments to Illinois per smoker: | $701 |
Smoker Payment Comparisons
Payments by Illinois smokers in FY2007 were:- Nearly nine times larger than the estimated FY2007 liquor gallonage taxes ($153 million)
- Nearly seven times larger than FY2007 estimated corporate franchise taxes and fees ($196 million)
- More than five times as large as estimated FY2007 inheritance tax collections ($255 million)
- Larger than Illinois’ estimated FY2007 riverboat gaming taxes ($792 million)
Illinois smoker payments of OVER $1.3 BILLION were large enough to support FY2007 funding for:
- Illinois Department of Corrections ($1.216 billion)
OR - Illinois Department of Children and Family Services ($1.326 billion)
OR - Illinois Department on Aging ($509.7 million) AND Southern Illinois University ($701.6 million)
Total Smoker Cigarette Payments
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| Per year: | $1,336,536,690 |
| Per day: | $3,659,238 |
| Per hour: | $152,468 |
| Per minute: | $2,541 |
| Per second: | $42.35 |
Help prevent more state tobacco tax increases.
Call 1.877.857.8074 or email your state representative.
