Tobacco Taxes

By kim lien Last updated Nov 26, 2017

Alabama’s excise tax per pack of cigarettes: $0.425
Alabama’s excise tax collection for the
fiscal year ending June 2002: $62,451,000Sales tax on tobacco products: 4.00%
Local tax on tobacco products: $22,920,455Federal excise tax per pack of cigarettes: $0.39
Total federal excise tax collections in fiscal year 2002: $7,512,700,000

Who Profits from
Cigarette Sales?

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Comparing Excise Taxes on Cigarettes, Beer and Wine

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Number of six-packs of beer that must be sold in Alabama to produce the same state excise tax revenue generated by one carton of cigarettes: 5.5

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Number of bottles of wine that must be sold in Alabama to produce the same state excise tax revenue generated by one carton of cigarettes: 4.9

Alabama Smokers’ Contributions
to the State Economy – FY2002

In 2001, Alabama smokers comprised only 23.8%1 of the adult population in the state. Here is what they already pay because they choose to buy a legal product:

Smokers Pay Excise Taxes2	$	89,615,107
Smokers Pay Sales Taxes2	$	52,543,790
Smokers Pay Tobacco Settlement Payments3	$	110,388,904
	$	252,547,801

Smokers’ Economic/Tax Profile 2001

Income1

Alabama smokers’ median household income	$	28,097
Alabama nonsmokers’ median household income	$	35,744

Working Families Pay More1

45.5% of Alabama smokers had household income LESS THAN $25,000

ONLY 8.6% of Alabama smokers had household income EQUAL TO or GREATER THAN $75,000

The impact of smoker payments on the incomes of working families was more than THREE TIMES the impact on higher income smokers. Those who can afford it least pay a disproportionate percentage of their hard-earned income in smoker payments.

Smoker excise tax/sales tax/tobacco settlement payments liability in 20024

Total average paid per Alabama smoker in excise and sales taxes	$	176
Cost per Alabama smoker for settlement payments to Alabama	$	136
Total annual payments to Alabama per smoker	$	312
Total annual payments to Alabama per nonsmoker	$	0

Alabama Smoker Facts 5

Total smokers’ payments to Alabama in FY2002 were
- Nearly twice as large as state excise taxes on alcoholic beverages in FY2001 ($128.8 million).
- Significantly greater than corporate income taxes ($180 million) in FY2001.
- Eleven and one-half times as large as Alabama’s FY2001 financial institutions excise tax ($21 million).
Total smokers’ payments could support FY2003 general fund and earmarked appropriations for:
- Department of Public Safety ($129.9 million) AND the Department of Senior Services ($54.9 million) COMBINED.
Total smokers’ payments could support FY2003 education trust fund and earmarked appropriations for: Alabama State and Alabama A&M; Universities COMBINED ($173.3 million); OR Troy State University ($133.9 million); AND the Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind ($57.4 million), OR the Department of Rehabilitation Services ($134.4 million) with $188 million left over!

TOTAL SMOKER CIGARETTE PAYMENTS TO ALABAMA


Per year:	$	252,547,801
Per day:	$	691,438
Per hour:	$	28,810
Per minute:	$	480
Per second:	$	8

CIGARETTES DON’T PAY TAXES –
ALABAMA SMOKERS DO!!

http://www.ador.state.al.us/

http://www.census.gov/govs/www/statetax01.html

http://www.budget.state.al.us/stgovfin.html

Master Settlement Agreement Payments To Date

$373,548,268 has been paid to Alabama since the Master Settlement Agreement was signed on November 23, 1998.

Alabama Tobacco Laws

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The reprinting of this information from the Coalition, does not constitute a representation or admission by RJRT that such information is accurate, complete, or a proper characterization of the laws concerned. The Coalition for Responsible Tobacco Retailing is a cooperative effort among retailers, wholesalers and manufacturers who share a common goal: to do all they can to prevent tobacco sales to minors.