OCTOBER 3, 2019: At $4.35 per pack, Connecticut and New York have the highest taxes ([link removed]) on cigarettes in the nation. Rhode Island is the only other state to top the $4 mark at $4.25.
At the other extreme, five states have cigarette taxes ([link removed]) at less than 50 cents a pack—North Carolina (0.45), North Dakota (0.44), Georgia (0.37), Virginia (0.30), and Missouri (0.17).
In addition to state taxes, cigarettes are also subject to a federal excise tax of approximately $1.00 per pack.[1] ([link removed])
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