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

All 51 values come from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for 2025-Q2, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `cigarette_tax_per_pack_usd`
- Unit: USD per pack
- Definition: 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.
- Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 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)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/cdc
- Retrieved: 2026-10-18
- Citation: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/cigarette-tax-per-pack/us-states

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