US states by state cigarette excise tax per pack, Q2 2025

New York had the highest state cigarette excise tax per pack of 51 states in Q2 2025, at 5.35 USD per pack. Missouri had the lowest, at 0.17 USD per pack. The median was 1.78 USD per pack. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Highest5.35New York

Lowest0.17Missouri

Median1.7851 states

Map of states, Q2 2025

Under 0.63
0.63 to 1.3
1.3 to 1.8
1.8 to 2.1
2.1 to 3.1
3.1 and over

USD per pack, Q2 2025. Source: CDC, CDC STATE System Tobacco Legislation, Tax (2dwv-vfam), cigarette tax ($ per pack). Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All states, Q2 2025

USD per pack. Source: CDC, CDC STATE System Tobacco Legislation, Tax (2dwv-vfam), cigarette tax ($ per pack). Retrieved 2026-10-18.

Full ranking

Rank	States	Q2 2025 USD per pack	Change on Q2 2024
1	New York	5.35	0%
2	District of Columbia	5.01	0%
3	Maryland	5	0%
4	Rhode Island	4.5	+5.9%
5	Connecticut	4.35	0%
6	Massachusetts	3.51	0%
7	Oregon	3.33	0%
8	Hawaii	3.2	0%
9	Vermont	3.08	0%
10	Minnesota	3.04	0%
11	Washington	3.025	0%
12	Illinois	2.98	0%
13	California	2.87	0%
14	New Jersey	2.7	0%
15	Pennsylvania	2.6	0%
16	Wisconsin	2.52	0%
17	Colorado	2.24	+15.5%
18	Delaware	2.1	0%
19	Oklahoma	2.03	0%
20	Alaska	2	0%
20	Arizona	2	0%
20	Maine	2	0%
20	Michigan	2	0%
20	New Mexico	2	0%
25	Nevada	1.8	0%
26	New Hampshire	1.78	0%
27	Montana	1.7	0%
27	Utah	1.7	0%
29	Ohio	1.6	0%
30	South Dakota	1.53	0%
31	Texas	1.41	0%
32	Iowa	1.36	0%
33	Florida	1.339	0%
34	Kansas	1.29	0%
35	West Virginia	1.2	0%
36	Arkansas	1.15	0%
37	Kentucky	1.1	0%
38	Louisiana	1.08	0%
39	Indiana	0.995	0%
40	Mississippi	0.68	0%
41	Alabama	0.675	0%
42	Nebraska	0.64	0%
43	Tennessee	0.62	0%
44	Virginia	0.6	0%
44	Wyoming	0.6	0%
46	Idaho	0.57	0%
46	South Carolina	0.57	0%
48	North Carolina	0.45	0%
49	North Dakota	0.44	0%
50	Georgia	0.37	0%
51	Missouri	0.17	0%

Other periods

About this ranking

State excise tax on a pack of 20 cigarettes in force in the quarter, in US dollars, as recorded by the CDC STATE System from state statutes. A legal rate, not an estimate.

US states and DC only. Federal excise tax (1.01 USD per pack since 2009), local taxes such as those of New York City or Chicago, and sales taxes are not included. The STATE System records the fourth quarter of each year from 1995 to 2005 and every quarter from 2006. Increases enacted for a later date appear only once their quarter starts.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the states are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). CDC STATE System Tobacco Legislation, Tax (2dwv-vfam), cigarette tax ($ per pack). https://data.cdc.gov/resource/2dwv-vfam.json?%24order=%3Aid&%24limit=50000&%24where=provisiondesc%3D%27Cigarette+Tax+%28%24+per+pack%29%27&%24select=year%2Cquarter%2Clocationabbr%2Cprovisiondesc%2Cprovisionvalue. Retrieved 2026-10-18. These data are available free from CDC. Use does not imply endorsement by CDC, ATSDR, HHS or the United States Government.

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APA 7

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2025). CDC STATE System Tobacco Legislation, Tax (2dwv-vfam), cigarette tax ($ per pack) (US states by state cigarette excise tax per pack, 2025-Q2) [Data set]. Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://data.cdc.gov/resource/2dwv-vfam.json?%24order=%3Aid&%24limit=50000&%24where=provisiondesc%3D%27Cigarette+Tax+%28%24+per+pack%29%27&%24select=year%2Cquarter%2Clocationabbr%2Cprovisiondesc%2Cprovisionvalue

MLA 9

CDC STATE System Tobacco Legislation, Tax (2dwv-vfam), cigarette tax ($ per pack), US states by state cigarette excise tax per pack, 2025-Q2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1 Apr. 2025, https://data.cdc.gov/resource/2dwv-vfam.json?%24order=%3Aid&%24limit=50000&%24where=provisiondesc%3D%27Cigarette+Tax+%28%24+per+pack%29%27&%24select=year%2Cquarter%2Clocationabbr%2Cprovisiondesc%2Cprovisionvalue. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/cigarette-tax-per-pack/us-states. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2025. CDC STATE System Tobacco Legislation, Tax (2dwv-vfam), cigarette tax ($ per pack). US states by state cigarette excise tax per pack, 2025-Q2. Dataset. Accessed October 18, 2026. https://data.cdc.gov/resource/2dwv-vfam.json?%24order=%3Aid&%24limit=50000&%24where=provisiondesc%3D%27Cigarette+Tax+%28%24+per+pack%29%27&%24select=year%2Cquarter%2Clocationabbr%2Cprovisiondesc%2Cprovisionvalue. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/cigarette-tax-per-pack/us-states.

Harvard

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2025) CDC STATE System Tobacco Legislation, Tax (2dwv-vfam), cigarette tax ($ per pack), US states by state cigarette excise tax per pack, 2025-Q2 [Dataset]. Available at: https://data.cdc.gov/resource/2dwv-vfam.json?%24order=%3Aid&%24limit=50000&%24where=provisiondesc%3D%27Cigarette+Tax+%28%24+per+pack%29%27&%24select=year%2Cquarter%2Clocationabbr%2Cprovisiondesc%2Cprovisionvalue, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/cigarette-tax-per-pack/us-states (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{centers_us_states_by_state_2025,
  author = {{Centers for Disease Control and Prevention}},
  title = {{CDC STATE System Tobacco Legislation, Tax (2dwv-vfam), cigarette tax (\$ per pack): US states by state cigarette excise tax per pack, 2025-Q2}},
  year = {2025},
  howpublished = {Data set},
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  urldate = {2026-10-18},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/cigarette-tax-per-pack/us-states. Publisher attribution: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). CDC STATE System Tobacco Legislation, Tax (2dwv-vfam), cigarette tax (\$ per pack). https://data.cdc.gov/resource/2dwv-vfam.json?\%24order=\%3Aid\&\%24limit=50000\&\%24where=provisiondesc\%3D\%27Cigarette+Tax+\%28\%24+per+pack\%29\%27\&\%24select=year\%2Cquarter\%2Clocationabbr\%2Cprovisiondesc\%2Cprovisionvalue. Retrieved 2026-10-18. These data are available free from CDC. Use does not imply endorsement by CDC, ATSDR, HHS or the United States Government.},
}

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Which state has the highest state cigarette excise tax per pack?

New York, with 5.35 USD per pack in Q2 2025, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Which state has the lowest state cigarette excise tax per pack?

Missouri, with 0.17 USD per pack in Q2 2025.

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