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Michigan a Cigarette Smuggling Haven

… latest estimate of cigarette smuggling rates, Michigan is No. 10 … smoked here that are illegally smuggled in. This is the third such … details are disconcerting. The smuggling rate here increased 12 percent … and commercial cigarette smuggling over the past two decades is staggering. Casual smuggling occurs when individuals shop …

On Cigarette Tax Evasion, I Told You So

Additional four million packs to be smuggled into Minnesota next year

… inflator would lead to rampant smuggling. In my testimony I outlined … showing a causal link between smuggling, high excise rates and tax … State had the 16th highest smuggling rate in the nation. The data … model we forecasted that smuggling would leap to 32.9 percent … so when I asserted that smuggling would only get worse as the …

Cigarette Smuggling Still Rampant, Problematic

… published estimates of cigarette-smuggling rates by state. Our latest … ranked 10th in the nation for smuggling. Nearly 25 percent of all … the Great Lakes State were smuggled in during 2013. Our estimates … Virginia. The top five smuggling states in this year’s study … were adopted, Washington’s smuggling rate would leap from 46.4 …

Analysis: Cigarette Smuggling Still a Problem, About to Get Much Worse

Lawmakers should reconsider hiking cigarette taxes to raise revenue

Smuggling is an old activity. History informs us that where … made for a great product to smuggle. They are typically expensive … which makes them easier to smuggle. Nearly each year since 2008, … of how many cigarettes are smuggled into or out of most states. … also try to account for smuggling activities on the borders …

Vaping Ban Would Increase Cigarette Sales and Smuggling

Negative consequences might offset the benefits

… interest in cross-border smuggling since the early 1990s and … combustible cigarettes are smuggled around the nation. The subject … portion of which will be smuggled. Second, cigarette smugglers would start smuggling vaping products into the …

Cigarette Smuggling Rampant in Michigan

… Detroit Free Press, the smuggling ring involved "104,300 cartons … Policy, "Cigarette Taxes and Smuggling," shows that this single … (legal and illegal) were smuggled into the state, and smuggling is not the only unintended … to terrorism. Cigarette smuggling is a function of two primary …

Cigarette Taxes and Smuggling Interview on WKAR

WKAR interviews Mackinac Center economist Michael LaFaive about the effects that increasing cigarette taxes will have on smuggling in Michigan and elsewhere. This interview was conducted on July 15th, 2002. Listen to the WKAR segment in either of two formats. Play time is 31:05. Windows Media Player …

Cigarette Smuggling Study Explained

… effect of taxes on cigarette smuggling.) February 1, 2013 Mr. Danny … estimate of tax-induced smuggling activity. We are disappointed … our own cigarette tax and smuggling research when so much other … only focuses on  casual smuggling and concludes conservatively … Reservations. That is, they smuggle. Perhaps more importantly, …

Strong Link Between Cigarette Tax and Illegal Smuggling Rates

The negative and unintended consequences of excise taxes

… together under the term “smuggling” — is rampant in many states. … previous estimates of cigarette smuggling rates in most American states. … 2016, none of the top five smuggling states for inbound traffic … New York tops the list of smuggled smokes again in our state … consumed in the Empire State are smuggled. It is not hard to see why. …

Smuggling Rampant in Minnesota

The unintended costs of cigarette 'sin' taxes

… Experiment.) Minnesota has a large smuggling problem and it is set to … 2013 raised Minnesota’s smuggling rate to 33.7 percent of the … efficient answer to this smuggling problem is to roll back excise … probably remain a top five smuggling state. We have created a … model designed to measure smuggling in most U.S. states. It tells …