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Colorado Information

Tobacco Taxes

Colorado's excise tax per pack of cigarettes: $0.200
Colorado's excise tax collection for the
fiscal year ending June 2002: $58,518,000

Sales tax on tobacco products: 2.90%

Federal excise tax per pack of cigarettes: $0.39
Total federal excise tax collections in fiscal year 2002: $7,512,700,000 

Number of six-packs of beer that must be sold in Colorado to produce the same state excise tax revenue generated by one carton of cigarettes: 44.4

Number of bottles of wine that must be sold in Colorado to produce the same state excise tax revenue generated by one carton of cigarettes: 36.1

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Colorado Smokers' Contributions to the State Economy - FY2002

In 2001, Colorado smokers comprised only 22.3%1 of the adult population in the state. Here is what they already pay because they choose to buy a legal product:

Smokers Pay Excise Taxes2
$ 58,518,066

Smokers Pay Tobacco Settlement Payments3
$ 97,988,866

TOTAL $ 156,506,932

• Working Families Pay More1

  30.6% of Colorado smokers had household income LESS THAN $25,000

  16.4% of Colorado smokers had household income EQUAL TO or GREATER THAN $75,000

  The impact of smoker payments on the incomes of working families was more than THREE TIMES the impact on higher income smokers. Those who can afford it least pay

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30.6% of Colorado smokers had household income LESS THAN $25,000 16.4% of Colorado smokers had household income EQUAL TO or GREATER THAN $75,000

That's because smokers are less educated and younger than non-smokers. It figures that they would make less money. As people get smarter and wiser with age they are less likely to smoke.