Cigarette Taxes in Illinois
Higher Taxes Affect You
ALERT:Right now, some politicians in Illinois want to increase the cigarette tax by as much as $1.00 per pack. That’s an increase of more than 100 percent! Now is the time to take action. Contact your elected officials today and make your voice heard:
- Call your elected officials 1.866.658.8337 1.866.658.8337 (toll-free)
- Email your elected officials
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.
