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California Tax Bills Asking for Trouble

Lawmakers raising cigarette excise taxes are well-intentioned but misguided

… smokers in border counties to smuggle cigarettes in from Indiana … the face of large-scale smuggling. The federal government can’t … estimate statewide cigarette smuggling rates. We estimate that California’s state smuggling rate through 2013 was equal … as the state with the most smuggled cigarettes. The irony of …

Cigarette tax debate should include lawlessness

… inspire — including widespread smuggling — would undermine its health goals. Tobacco smuggling is common. It comes in two … and commercial. A casual smuggler is basically just a working … jurisdiction. Commercial smuggling typically involves large, … Through 2015, Oklahoma's total smuggling rate was a tiny 2.3 percent, …

Fanning the Flames

Feds may adopt problematic tobacco policies

… likely to increase cigarette smuggling into the United States and … likely raise the number of smuggled cigarettes trafficked into … countries and the U.S. and make smuggling across our borders more attractive. … massive profits can be made by smuggling a product such as cigarettes. … the inflation rate means smuggling will almost always become …

The Smuggling Diaries

… latest work on cigarette smuggling shows, the incentives created … the effects on cigarette smuggling. Mackinac Center scholars … increased attractiveness of smuggling due to higher tax levels. … consumed in Michigan are smuggled. This means that people … This is known as casual smuggling and is estimated to account …

Smuggling Undermines Tobacco Tax Hike Goals

… tax avoidance. Cigarette smuggling has become rampant in parts … have estimated cigarette smuggling rates for 47 of the 48 contiguous … parts of the United States smuggling is rampant. New York’s estimated smuggling rate exceeds 60 percent of … increase proposal become law. Smuggling into North Dakota will leap …

At least we’re not New York

Empire State lights up bad policy again

… avoidance, what we call “smuggling.” The Mackinac Center annually … degree to which cigarettes are smuggled in the U.S., as well as into … New York has had the worst smuggling rate since 2011. It’s about … only result in a cigarette smuggling increase, but a net loss … employed our model of cigarette smuggling to estimate that New York’s …

Commercial Smuggling

Commercial smuggling, which involves large-scale, long-distance … long been involved in the smuggling of cigarettes.[*] We estimate … of inbound, commercially smuggled cigarettes are New Jersey, … their rates of commercial smuggling. We estimate that between … 2009, New York’s commercial smuggling rate leapt nearly 9 percentage …

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%. …

Casual Smuggling

… highest rates of overall smuggling do not necessarily have the … commercial or international smuggling. In the category of casual smuggling, which involves smaller purchases, … the top five destination smuggling rates are in New York, 19.9 percent; … 11.6 percent. The estimated casual smuggling rates are directly related …

Governor, Legislature Clash Over E-Cigarette Regulations

25 states considered regulations in 2015

… would be taxed. Michigan currently has the 10th-highest tobacco tax in the country at $2 per pack; the state also has the 10th-highest cigarette smuggling rate nationally. E-cigarettes use a battery-powered mouthpiece to produce a vapor containing nicotine, which is inhaled. Some studies have shown …