teh first number is the number of cents tax per state, the second is it's ranking of taxes in overall standing

State Excise Tax Rates On Cigarettes - July 01, 2003

STATE TAX RATE

(� per pack) RANK STATE TAX RATE

(� per pack) RANK

Alabama (1) 16.5 47

Nebraska 64 24

Alaska 100 12

Nevada 35 39

Arizona 118 11

New Hampshire 52 32

Arkansas (2) 59 26

New Jersey 205 1

California 87 19

New Mexico 91 18

Colorado 87 19

New York (1) 150 5

Connecticut 151 3

North Carolina 5 49

Delaware (3) 24 41

North Dakota 44 34

Florida 33.9 40

Ohio 55 29

Georgia 37 36

Oklahoma 23 42

Hawaii (3) 130 7

Oregon 128 8

Idaho 57 27

Pennsylvania 100 12

Illinois (1) 98 17

Rhode Island 171 2

Indiana 55.5 28

South Carolina 7 48

Iowa 36 37

South Dakota 53 31

Kansas 79 20

Tennessee (1,2) 20 43

Kentucky (2) 3 50

Texas 41 35

Louisiana 36 37

Utah 69.5 23

Maine 100 12

Vermont 119 10

Maryland 100 12

Virginia (1) 2.5 51

Massachusetts 151 3

Washington 142.5 6

Michigan 125 9

West Virginia 55 29

Minnesota 48 33

Wisconsin 77 21

Mississippi 18 45

Wyoming 60 25

Missouri (1) 17 46

Dist. Of Columbia 100 12

Montana 70 22

Revised, July 7, 2003

Source: Compiled by FTA from various sources

(1) Counties and cities may impose an additional tax on a pack of cigarettes in AL, 1� to 6�; IL, 10� to 15�; MO, 4� to 7�; NYC $1.50; TN, 1�; and VA, 2� to 15�.

(2) Dealers pay an additional enforcement and administrative fee of 0.1� per pack in KY and 0.05� in TN. In AR, a $1.25/1,000 cigarette fee is imposed.

(3) Tax rate in DE is scheduled to increase to 55� per pack on August 1, 2003; and in HI is scheduled to increase to $1.40 per pack on July 1, 2004.

2003-08-25 | 3:26 p.m.
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