… avoidance (what we call “smuggling”). Over time many states … syndicates, respectively. Smuggling is not the only unintended … 2017 nearly 21 percent were smuggled. That figure may leap upward … that the Golden State’s smuggling rate has increased to 44.6 percent … California the topped rank smuggling states are Washington (42.8 percent), …
… and prison sentences for smuggling cigarettes and other contraband … taxes encourage more illegal smuggling into a state, and if law … is little hope of keeping smuggled ones out of the hands of … alcohol — it leads to rampant smuggling and other harmful unintended … and California as the top smuggling states. Vying for third place …
… Cornhusker State, a proposal introduced by Sen. Mike Gloor. While Nebraska’s smuggling rate is quite low — 2.8 percent in 2013 — raising per-pack taxes from 64 cents to $2.14 would increase the smuggling rate to 32.3 percent, according to the analysis provided by LaFaive and …
… consumption attributable to smuggling. Higher rates of smuggling are typically due to higher … available — to estimate smuggling rates across the country. … remained the top in-bound smuggling state in the nation, with … consumed cigarettes being smuggled in from elsewhere. The state’s …
Research on the relationship between cigarette smuggling and tobacco excise taxes by Mackinac Center scholars was cited recently by Time, CBS News and The Washington Post. The research was also the focus of this New York Post editorial and was featured on Northwest Public Radio and in Bloomberg and the …
New research by Mackinac Center experts on the effect of high tobacco excise taxes on cigarette smuggling rates is featured in The Washington Post. The study was also cited by WLUC TV-6 in Negaunee, WWMT-TV3 in Kalamazoo, WKZO AM-590 in Kalamazoo and WSJM FM-94.9 in Benton Harbor, as well as Hot Air. …
… estimates for cigarette smuggling rates in 47 of the 48 contiguous … however, the 10th highest smuggling rate in the nation. “As … who are only too happy to smuggle them for profit.” This is the fourth set of smuggling rate estimates published … Michigan, another 27 are smuggled in. “Excise taxes do change …
… studies on cigarette taxes and smuggling. My colleague, Dr. Todd Nesbit … degree to which cigarettes are smuggled in the United States. It … believe it is explained by smuggling. Through calendar year 2013 … estimated that Minnesota’s total smuggling rate was almost 18 percent. … currently has the 16th highest smuggling rate in our most recent study. …
… excise taxes on cigarettes lead to counterfeit products and tax stamps; smuggling; violence against police, people and property; and other unintended consequences. … include cutting taxes or improving police tactics or both to reduce the smuggling problem. LaFaive is director of the Morey Fiscal Policy Initiative.
… consumed in New York state were smuggled into the state, according … report provides cigarette smuggling estimates for 47 contiguous … the number one state for smuggled cigarettes. Nearly 54% all … consumed in the state were smuggled in as a function of tax evasion … Michigan ranked 15th, with a smuggling rate of 20%. “Increased …
