WASHINGTON, April 18, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau:
FIRST TAX ON CIGARETTES
Profile America — Tuesday, April 18th. This month in 1921, Iowa became the first state to enact a tax on cigarettes, rolling paper and associated paraphernalia. The tax was very modest, being just $1 per 1,000 cigarettes. Iowa today collects $1.36 per pack, ranking it just below the middle of states. The highest excise tax is levied by New York, a substantial $4.35. The lowest is found in Missouri — just $.17 cents per pack. In 2014, state governments collected $17 billion in such taxes. There are 29 cigarette manufacturers in the U.S., and some 126 cigarette brands on the market, with annual sales of over $31 billion. You can find more facts about America from the U.S. Census Bureau online at www.census.gov.
Sources:
Kane's Famous First Facts, 2699
State cigarette tax rates/accessed 2/6/2017: www.tobaccofreekids.org/research/factsheets/pdf/0097.pdf
Federal government collections/accessed 2/6/2017: www.transformtobacco.com/Pages/FederalTax.aspx
State government collections/accessed 2/6/2017: www.governing.com/gov-data/finance/state-sin-tax-collections-revenues.html
Cigarette brands/accessed 2/6/2017: www.revenue.nebraska.gov/cig/cig_alpha.html
Cigarette manufacturers/County Business Patterns/
NAICS 312221:
https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/BP/2011/00A1//naics~312221
Cigarette revenues/Economic Census/NAICS 312221: https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ECN/2012_US/00CBDG2//naics~312221
Profile America is produced by the Center for New Media and Promotion of the U.S. Census Bureau. Statistics and accounts drawn from cited non-Census sources are employed for illustrative or narrative purposes, and are not attested to by the U.S. Census Bureau. These daily features are available as produced segments, ready to air, on the Internet at http://www.census.gov (look for "Audio" in the "Library" pull-down menu).
SOURCE U.S. Census Bureau
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