Smokers, flee New York City and head to Kentucky, where a pack of Marlboro Reds will cost you practically a third of what you’re paying now. And while you’re on the road, steer clear of New Hampshire and Vermont, too: the price for a pack has jumped 35% and 25%, respectively, over the past year. We called a gas station—and oftentimes, when we were turned away or simply misunderstood, we called several—in the most populous city of every state in the nation and Washington D.C. and asked the clerk for the price of a pack of Marlboro Red cigarettes including tax. (Obviously, local prices will vary some.) Here’s the current price, in bold, and also how the prices of cigarettes have changed since last summer. 48. Kentucky (last year $6.56): $4.96 = -24 % 47. North Dakota ($5.03): $5.04 = +.2 % 46. West Virginia ($4.84): $5.07 = +5 % 45. Oklahoma ($5.24): $5.19 = -.1 % 44. Idaho ($5.11): $5.25 = +3 % 43. Missouri ($5.87): $5.25 = -10 % 42. Louisiana ($6.50): $5.33 = -18 % 41. Oregon ($5.74): $5.35 = -7 % 40. Wyoming ($5.21): $5.37 = +3 % 39. Mississippi ($5.55): $5.45 = -2 % 38. Nevada ($6.04): $5.50 = -9 % 37. South Carolina ($6.25): $5.55 = -11 % 36. Colorado ($5.19): $5.59 = +8 % 35. Indiana ($5.56): $5.77 = +4 % 34. Alabama ($5.18): $5.80 = +12 % 33. Virginia ($5.43): $5.81 = +7 % 32. Ohio ($5.67): $5.88 = 4 % 31. Tennessee ($4.91): $5.89 = +20 % 30. Georgia ($5.93): $5.93 = 0 % 29. Minnesota ($5.96): $5.95 = -.2 % 28. Florida ($6.29), Delaware ($6.10): $6.00 = -5%, -2 % 27. North Carolina ($5.14): $6.03 = +17 % 26. Nebraska ($5.99): $6.09 = +2 % 25. Kansas ($6.47): $6.21 = -4 % 24. Montana ($6.12): $6.25 = +2 % 23. Arkansas ($7.10): $6.50 = -8 % 22. New Hampshire ($4.86): $6.59 = +35 % 21. Utah ($6.88): $6.64 = -3 % 20. California ($6.45), South Dakota ($6.82): $6.77 = +5%, -.7 % 19. New Mexico ($6.69): $6.91 = +3 % 18. Michigan ($6.50), Pennsylvania ($6.93): $6.95 = +7%, +.3 % 17. Maine ($6.97): $7.12 = +2 % 16. Texas ($6.89): $7.24 = +5 % 15. Iowa ($7.52): $7.25 = -4 % 14. D.C. ($8.27): $7.89 = -5 % 13. Maryland ($6.53): $7.93 = +21 % 12. Wisconsin ($7.98): $8.11= +2 % 11. Washington ($8.98): $8.31 = -7 % 10. New Jersey ($8.00): $8.55 = +7 % 9. Massachusetts ($8.49): $8.77 = +3 % 8. Connecticut ($8.85): $9.30 = +5 % 7. Vermont ($7.60): $9.52 = +25 % 6. Rhode Island ($8.16): $9.56 = +17 % 5. Alaska ($9.39): $9.59 = +2 % 4. Arizona ($7.46): $9.65 = +29 % 3. Hawaii ($10.22): $9.68 = -5 % 2. Illinois ($10.25): $11.59 = +13 % 1. New York ($12.50): $14.50 = +16 % Sarah Jampel is an Awl summer reporter.','url':'http://www.theawl.com/2013/07/what-a-pack-of-cigarettes-costs-now-state-by-state','og_descr':'This list has been updated, as of August 2014. Click here! Smokers, flee New York City and head to Kentucky, where a pack of Marlboro Reds will cost you practically a third of what you’re paying now. And while ...
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Not only does New York State impose a tax of 4.35 on a pack of 20, Awl s annual cigarette price coded by how much they tax a pack of cigarettes.
This list has been updated with new data in August 2014! Click here for the latest! 51. West Virginia: $4.74 50. Louisiana: $4.82 49. North Dakota: $4.91 48. Kentucky: $4.97 47. Idaho: $4.99 46. California: $ ...
What A Pack Of Cigarettes Costs nation and Washington D.C. And asked the clerk for the price of a pack of Marlboro Red cigarettes 20. California 6.45.
What A Pack Of Cigarettes 20. Minnesota: 6.53 19 Prices were obtained by calling a gas station in each state s most populous city and asking the clerk for.
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Average Cost of a Pack of Cigarettes. 6.32 Massachusetts 7.75 Michigan 6.31 Minnesota 5.56 Mississippi 5.08 Missouri 4.02 Montana 6.14 Nebraska 5.20.
UK cigarette prices. RRP per 20 Tax Burden per 20 Tax Incidence; 1990: 1.65: 1.20: 73: RRP of a typical pack of 20 cigarettes in the Most Popular Price.