Why Cig Taxes Hurt You
From increased security risks and job loss to less-than-expected revenue and uncertain tax revenue allocation, cigarette tax increases hurt businesses and taxpayers.
Tax Increase Impact on Taxpayers
Whether you smoke or not, cigarette tax increases affect you. This unreliable source of income often falls short of projections. From a security standpoint, higher cigarette taxes have been linked to increased gang and other organized crime as smokers go out of their way to purchase untaxed cigarettes.
Learn more about how cigarette taxes affect taxpayers or find out how you can help fight more tax increases.
Tax Increase Impact on Retailers and Wholesalers
Cigarette taxes increases do not just affect taxpayers. Tobacco retailers, wholesalers and farmers can suffer as a result of tax increases. While increased cigarette taxes motivate some people to curb smoking habits, it drives others to purchase cigarettes through less expensive, and sometimes untaxed, channels. Decreased sales can lead to loss of jobs in retail and wholesale organizations. Increased black markets for tobacco leads to unsafe work conditions as cigarette theft increases.
Learn more about the impact of cigarette tax increases on businesses or tell your government representatives to stop increasing cigarette taxes.
