Wisconsin to carry fifth highest tobacco tax in U.S.

By CSD Staff

Despite a 2008 tax increase and the federal tax jump that hit just this spring, Wisconsin is again raising prices on smokers.

The price of a pack of cigarettes will increase by 75 cents to $2.52 cents per pack in Wisconsin [on] Sept.1, the Associated Press reported. The tax will be the fifth highest in the U.S. and the most expensive among neighboring states. Before the increase Wisconsin had the sixteenth highest tax. 

In addition to upping taxes, the Legislature also has passed a statewide anti-smoking ban that will take effect on July 5, 2010.

The latest increase comes just two years after a $1 per pack increase in 2008 and on top of the federal tax increase that hit this April, increasing cigarette taxes from 62 cents to $1.01 per pack.

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