Table :

TABLE 7-1 Results of Increases in Cigarette Taxes

State

Year

Increase in tax (per pack)

New state tax (per pack)

Change in quantity transacted

Change in tax revenue

Mississippi

2009

$0.50

$0.68

−22.8%

188.3%

Hawaii

2009

  0.60

  2.60

−11.3   

 14.5  

New Mexico

2010

 0.75 

 1.66

 −7.8   

 67.5  

Florida

2010

 1.00

  2.00

−27.8  

193.2  

Washington

2010

 1.00

 3.03

−20.5  

17.0 

Source: Orzechowski & Walker, Tax Burden on Tobacco. U.S. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau.