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U.S. Leading World Away from Cigarettes


Table - Cigarette Consumption Per Person by Country, 1960-2003
Table - State Excise Tax Rates on Cigarettes in the United States
Graph - World Cigarette Consumption Per Person, 1960-2002
Graphs - Cigarette Consumption Per Person, 1960-2003, in the following countries:
China
Japan
France
Germany
United Kingdom
United States

Cigarette Consumption Per Person by Country, 1960-2003
Year
China
Japan
France
Germany
United Kingdom
United States
World
Cigarettes
1960
347
1,329
1,003
1,235
2,155
2,657
719
1961
193
1,420
1,046
1,319
2,194
2,719
701
1962
182
1,540
1,086
1,381
2,110
2,705
705
1963
237
1,561
1,098
1,396
2,199
2,746
726
1964
296
1,675
1,044
1,468
2,196
2,644
743
1965
336
1,790
1,138
1,543
2,163
2,705
777
1966
370
1,808
1,174
1,605
2,275
2,722
797
1967
328
1,924
1,255
1,577
2,211
2,734
782
1968
339
1,974
1,262
1,618
2,250
2,708
793
1969
429
2,076
1,415
1,706
2,306
2,583
816
1970
484
2,162
1,401
1,773
2,350
2,662
850
1971
422
2,210
1,400
1,897
2,244
2,593
846
1972
438
2,435
1,430
1,904
2,386
2,662
864
1973
485
2,518
1,422
1,900
2,521
2,816
896
1974
489
2,717
1,591
1,947
2,511
2,723
905
1975
545
2,647
1,680
1,946
2,422
2,759
927
1976
529
2,622
1,666
1,989
2,390
2,872
935
1977
642
2,723
1,603
1,813
2,304
2,696
958
1978
617
2,692
1,658
1,954
2,374
2,773
952
1979
670
2,719
1,701
2,002
2,240
2,759
974
1980
771
2,652
1,633
2,036
2,188
2,764
993
1981
867
2,656
1,617
2,090
1,984
2,828
1,008
1982
931
2,659
1,624
1,844
1,832
2,657
993
1983
944
2,621
1,646
1,951
1,769
2,570
983
1984
1,022
2,608
1,740
2,005
1,766
2,571
1,000
1985
1,117
2,589
1,750
2,010
1,730
2,522
1,014
1986
1,209
2,555
1,711
1,983
1,710
2,433
1,028
1987
1,336
2,538
1,695
1,999
1,688
2,402
1,038
1988
1,410
2,500
1,665
1,987
1,627
2,325
1,034
1989
1,426
2,509
1,691
1,941
1,579
2,146
1,013
1990
1,440
2,561
1,697
2,034
1,729
2,165
1,015
1991
1,378
2,684
1,711
1,796
1,676
2,036
981
1992
1,387
2,744
1,689
1,898
1,555
2,021
958
1993
1,389
2,674
1,633
1,801
1,654
1,849
943
1994
1,385
2,573
1,564
1,847
1,646
1,927
945
1995
1,396
2,535
1,526
1,859
1,577
1,942
944
1996
1,361
2,682
1,482
1,551
1,542
1,920
924
1997
1,353
2,540
1,421
1,677
1,515
1,858
920
1998
1,341
2,668
1,431
1,712
1,423
1,758
912
1999
1,321
2,627
1,422
1,774
1,431
1,671
910
2000
1,334
2,583
1,397
1,830
1,431
1,637
916
2001
1,324
2,568
1,408
1,803
1,342
1,626
909
2002
1,321
2,295
1,386
1,737
1,287
1,609
887
2003
1,330
2,247
1,338
1,722
1,249
1,545
NA*
* World total for 2003 not yet available.
Sources: Population from United Nations, World Population Prospects: The 2002 Revision (New York: February 2003); cigarette consumption from US Department of Agriculture (USDA), Production, Supply & Distribution, electronic database, updated 30 January 2004; and USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, Cotton, Oilseeds, Tobacco, and Seeds Division, personal communication, 17 February 2004.

State Excise Tax Rates on Cigarettes in the United States
(as of January 1, 2004)
STATE
TAX RATE
RANK
STATE
TAX RATE
RANK
(¢ per pack)
(¢ per pack)
Alabama (1)
16.5
47
Nebraska
64
25
Alaska
100
12
Nevada
80
20
Arizona
118
11
New Hampshire
52
34
Arkansas (2)
59
27
New Jersey
205
1
California
87
19
New Mexico
91
18
Colorado
20
43
New York (1)
150
5
Connecticut
151
3
North Carolina
5
49
Delaware
55
30
North Dakota
44
36
Florida
33.9
41
Ohio
55
30
Georgia
37
38
Oklahoma
23
42
Hawaii (3)
130
7
Oregon
128
8
Idaho
57
28
Pennsylvania (3)
100
12
Illinois (1)
98
17
Rhode Island
171
2
Indiana
55.5
29
South Carolina
7
48
Iowa
36
39
South Dakota
53
33
Kansas
79
21
Tennessee (1) (2)
20
43
Kentucky (2)
3
50
Texas
41
37
Louisiana
36
39
Utah
69.5
24
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
30
Minnesota
48
35
Wisconsin
77
22
Mississippi
18
45
Wyoming
60
26
Missouri (1)
17
46
Dist. of Columbia
100
12
Montana
70
23
U. S. Median
60
Notes:
(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 PA is scheduled to increase to $1.35 per pack on January 7, and the HI rate is scheduled to increase to $1.40 per pack on July 1, 2004.
Source: Compiled by the Federation of Tax Administrators, "State Tax Rates on Cigarettes," at www.taxadmin.org/fta/rate/cigarett.html, updated 1 January 2004.

 

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