Cigarette

I noticed in early august @ the local CVS cartons were about $41 plus tax. I went again late Aug to buy a carton and it was now $44 plus tax. Someone told me that there was another tobacco tax increase in Aug 2009. Is this true?
I tried researching it online but can’t come up with anything. Anyone know a website that tells us california had raised the cig tax again and by how much?

All I found were articles about lawmakers pushing for a cigarette tax (dated Aug. 2009), but not any that stated any new tax in August 2009. There was a tax put in place earlier in the year…

http://legalnewsline.com/news/222441-calif.-lawmakers-eye-1.50-cigarette-tax-hike

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I know that back on April 1st, the Cigarette and Tobacco taxes were substantially increased.

Since then I’ve heard around that there is pending legislation that there will be another tax increase during the Fall/Winter months of 2009, but can’t find any evidence of that.

Anybody know?

There no more pending Federal tobacco tax increases at present. Those take an act of Congress and Congress is busy with other issues right now.

State taxes could increase at any time and that is were most high tobacco taxes exist. (The tax on a pack of cigarettes in NYC is nearly $6.00 when all taxes are added in.)

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