Cigarette Taxes in New York
Tax News
In June 2008, the New York cigarette excise tax increased from $1.50 to $2.75 per pack, which is highest cigarette excise tax in the nation.
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Tax Facts
The excise tax on one pack of cigarettes in New York is currently $2.75.
Take a closer look at the cigarette tax dollars being collected in New York in FY2007.
| Excise Taxes | Sales Taxes | Tobacco Settlement Payments | Total Smoker Payments FY2007 | |
| State: Local: |
$936,457,000 $227,689,500 |
$136,985,000 $0 |
$768,600,000 | $2,069,731,500 |
Total tobacco settlement payments to New York to date (1998-2007): $6,552,800,000
Economic and Tax Profile of New York 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.
- New York smokers' median household income: $33,838
- New York non-smokers' median household income: $49,121
- 36.9% of New York smokers had household incomes LESS THAN $25,000
- Only 17.5% of New York 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 New York smoker in excise and sales taxes: | $491 | Cost per New York smoker for settlement payments to New York: | $290 |
| Total annual payments to New York per smoker: | $781 |
Smoker Payment Comparisons
Payments by New York smokers in FY2007 were:- More than 10.5 times as large as estimated FY2007 state excise taxes on alcoholic beverages ($195.9 million)
- Nearly four times as large as estimated FY2007 motor fuels tax collections ($518.6 million)
- Larger than estimated FY2007 insurance tax revenues ($1.226 billion)
New York smoker payments of OVER $2 BILLION were large enough to support FY2007 funding for:
- The State University of New York, general funds only ($1.603 billion)
OR - The Division of State Police ($648 million) AND Economic Development and Government Oversight ($1.248 billion)
OR - The City University of New York ($1.331 billion)
Total Smoker Cigarette Payments
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| Per year: | $2,069,731,500 |
| Per day: | $5,666,616 |
| Per hour: | $236,109 |
| Per minute: | $3,935 |
| Per second: | $65.59 |
Help prevent more state tobacco tax increases.
Call 1.877.857.8074 or email your state representative.
