I’m betting the extra 7.125% sales tax on top of that in MN isn’t included in the data. I also wonder... isn’t there some fed tax lumped into the price of cigs too? The chart linked in post 35 only shows data for state and local taxes...
in MN, the fed excise tax of 1.01, plus the state and local taxes - along with sales tax amounts to a total of 2.97 on a 5 dollar pack of smokes.
3/5ths of the cost is taxes. I’m pretty sure the tax revenue outstrips the medical cost to the average taxpayer...
The federal tax of $1.01 is NOT included in those figures,nor is the state sales tax.
In MA the tobacco excise tax is subject to the sales tax.
I don’t know about other states.
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