Cigarette Taxes in Mississippi
Tax News
There are currently no proposals to increase cigarette taxes in Mississippi.
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 Mississippi is currently $0.68.
Take a closer look at the cigarette tax dollars being collected in Mississippi in FY2008.
| Excise Taxes | Sales Taxes | Tobacco Settlement Payments | Total Smoker Payments FY2008 | |
| State: Local: |
$49,153,000 $0 |
$66,083,000 $0 |
$123,100,000 | $238,336,000 |
Total tobacco settlement payments to Mississippi to date (1998-2008): $1,764,900,000
Economic and Tax Profile of Mississippi 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.
- Mississippi smokers' median household income: $29,629
- Mississippi non-smokers' median household income: $39,863
- 42.6% of Mississippi smokers had household incomes LESS THAN $25,000
- Only 14.6% of Mississippi 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 Mississippi smoker in excise and sales taxes: | $224 | Cost per Mississippi smoker for settlement payments to Mississippi: | $239 |
| Total annual payments to Mississippi per smoker: | $464 |
Smoker Payment Comparisons
Payments by Mississippi smokers in FY2008 were:- More than twice as large as FY2008 alcoholic beverage, beer, and wine tax receipts ($100 million)
- Larger than FY2007 insurance premium taxes ($176 million) More than three times as large as FY2008 oil severance tax revenues ($76.3 million)
- More than twice as large as FY2008 privilege tax for auto tag fees ($113.6 million)
Mississippi smoker payments of OVER $238 MILLION were large enough to support FY2008 funding for:
- Community and Junior Colleges ($192.1 million)
OR - Department of Corrections ($152.6 million) AND Highway Safety Patrol ($54.3 million)
OR - Agriculture and Commerce and Agricultural Units at State Institutions of Higher Learning ($91.6 million) AND Public Health
Total Smoker Cigarette Payments
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| Per year: | $238,336,000 |
| Per day: | $652,528 |
| Per hour: | $27,189 |
| Per minute: | $453 |
| Per second: | $7.55 |
Help prevent more state tobacco tax increases.
Call 1.877.857.8074 or email your state representative.
