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Criticism of Center Smuggling Scholarship Unfounded

Cherry-picked language paints a different picture

… referenced our cigarette smuggling research. Nearly four years … scholarship on cigarette taxes and smuggling, and we have cited their … some cases, it understates smuggling on the other. If we were … why would we understate smuggling? We can only speculate, but … have a bias for overselling smuggling. The 2015 report, published …

Maine Cigarette Tax Hike Would Enrich Smugglers

There are better methods to reduce smoking

… cigarettes leads to more smuggling, which may undermine the … simplicity, we call these actions “smuggling.” As it turns out, people … represents the state’s total smuggling rate. In 2018, Maine’s was … 8%, with 5.4 million packs smuggled. That would change dramatically … and it shows that Maine’s smuggling rate would leap to 25%. That …

Study: High Cigarette Taxes Cause Widespread Smuggling in Michigan, Elsewhere in U.S.

Smuggled imports make up an estimated 26 percent of Michigan’s total cigarette consumption in 2009

… igan’s inbound cigarette smuggling rate was 10th highest in … Center’s 2008 cigarette tax and smuggling study, which likewise provided estimated smuggling rates for 47 of the 48 contiguous states. Michigan’s smuggling rate, which was measured … rate of casual cross-border smuggling by its residents. “Lansing’s …

Study: High Cigarette Taxes Cause Widespread Smuggling in Michigan, Elsewhere in U.S.

Smuggled imports make up an estimated 26 percent of Michigan’s total cigarette consumption in 2009

… Michigan’s inbound cigarette smuggling rate was 10th highest in … Center’s 2008 cigarette tax and smuggling study, which likewise provided estimated smuggling rates for 47 of the 48 contiguous states. Michigan’s smuggling rate, which was measured … rate of casual cross-border smuggling by its residents. “Lansing’s …

High Taxes on Cigarettes Increase Smuggling

New study looks at national rates

… cigarettes lead to high rates of smuggling, according to new research … research on cigarette taxes and smuggling was published in December … authors estimated total smuggling rates by comparing the published … the two is attributed to smuggling. Michael LaFaive is the … lead to increased rates of smuggling.” LaFaive is a study coauthor, …

An Empire of Smuggled Smokes

New York's cigarette taxes have sparked a huge black market and should be rolled back

… degree to which cigarettes are smuggled between states. Through 2015, … jurisdiction, the highest smuggling rate of any state. New York … model we built to measure smuggling compares legal paid sales … other scholars—point to smuggling. Our model also controls … factors that may influence smuggling rates, such as the presence …

Analysis: High Cigarette Taxes Contributing to Increased Smuggling Rates in Michigan, Elsewhere

One-quarter of Michigan’s total cigarette consumption in 2013 was smuggled into the state, according to Center analysts

… estimates for cigarette smuggling rates in 47 of the 48 contiguous … still has the 10th highest smuggling rate in the nation. The analysis … in 2013, 25 percent were smuggled in. “People don’t realize … This is the fifth set of smuggling rate estimates published … contained detailed histories of smuggling in Michigan and other states. …

Has the first tax hike of 2024 just dropped?

Tobacco tax bill would take nearly $400 million and give a boost to smuggling

… expected increase in cigarette smuggling. This proposal will hurt … avoidance, what we call “smuggling.” We published a statistical … degree to which cigarettes are smuggled around the country, as well … a function of cigarette smuggling. We estimate that, if the … adopted, Michigan’s cigarette smuggling rate would leap to 30.6%. …

West Virginia Excise Tax Hike Proposal Invites Smugglers

How Raising Cigarette Taxes Could Increase More Than Revenue

… it the amount of illicit smuggling of cigarettes to the Mountain … degree to which cigarettes are smuggled from state to state since … activity counts as illicit smuggling, though those transactions … cigarettes consumed there were smuggled out to other states. That … left the state. A casual smuggler is typically an individual …

Center Research on Cigarette Smuggling Cited

LaFaive, Nesbit analysis in Pacific Standard magazine

… Director Michael LaFaive and Adjunct Scholar Todd Nesbit on cigarette smuggling was recently cited in Pacific Standard. The magazine cites in particular their finding that the state of New York has the highest cigarette smuggling rate in the nation, and has increased some 70 percent since 2006 due to …