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Michigan Could Soon See an Increased Cigarette Smuggling Rate

Raising taxes and banning products could make the state a top destination for illicit smokes

… Michigan’s cigarettes may be smuggled in from other states if a … consumed in Michigan are smuggled into the state, according … remains America’s number one smuggling state. California had the second highest smuggling rate at 46.7%, followed by … very ones with the highest smuggling rates,” said Todd Nesbit, …

Proposed tax hike and flavor prohibition recipe for lawlessness

Michigan could soon have the fourth-highest smuggling rate in the nation

… degree to which cigarettes are smuggled in and out of the Great Lake … products is enacted. Such a smuggling rate would be nearly 6 percentage … more from consumers. Absent smuggling, the state’s tax haul would … sold legally represents our smuggling rate. We also adjust for … as America’s number one smuggling state, at 54.3%. That is, …

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%. …

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%. …

What to know about the land value tax proposal

Detroit considers a novel tax structure to spur development

… features economists like. Taxes have smaller negative economic effects when people cannot easily avoid them. Raising cigarette taxes encourages smuggling, for instance, an unintended and negative consequence. Land value taxes are tougher to avoid, short of selling the land to someone else who would …

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 …

Canary in a cigarette-smuggling coal mine

Arbitrageurs smell sweet opportunities after Massachusetts bans menthol smokes

… the degree to which cigarettes are smuggled, by state, including those exported … may dramatically hike cigarette smuggling. Our most recent estimates indicate … model we find that Massachusetts smuggling leaps to 38 percent of the market, … 2019. Without the ban the state’s smuggling rate would be much lower. Continued …

Mackinac in the Media

… away consumer choice.” Jason Hayes, Director of Energy and Environmental Policy American Institute for Economic Research Canary in a Cigarette Smuggling Coal Mine “Banning menthol cigarettes would only exacerbate America’s substantial trade in cigarette tax evasion and avoidance, this time with an …

Higher Excise Taxes Lead to More Interstate Smuggling

A national ban would be harmful, statewide data suggests

… as a result of cigarette smuggling, according to new data released … in the Empire State were smuggled. New York continues to have … highest inbound cigarette smuggling rate in the nation. The … estimate of state cigarette smuggling across the continental United … the second-highest inbound smuggling rate (44%) and New Mexico …

Mackinac in the Media

… Street Journal Taxes Have Made New York Into an Empire of Cigarette Smuggling New York can’t keep tobacco, drugs and other contraband out of its prisons and jails. How does it expect to stop smugglers from finding ways to bring untaxed cigarettes into the state? Todd Nesbit, …