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    • Cigarette tax shocker: 15 states with tiny tobacco tariffs
    • Cigarette tax shocker: 15 states with tiny tobacco tariffs
    • Cigarette tax shocker: 15 states with tiny tobacco tariffs
    • Cigarette tax shocker: 15 states with tiny tobacco tariffs
    • Cigarette tax shocker: 15 states with tiny tobacco tariffs
    • Cigarette tax shocker: 15 states with tiny tobacco tariffs
    • Cigarette tax shocker: 15 states with tiny tobacco tariffs
    • Cigarette tax shocker: 15 states with tiny tobacco tariffs
    • Cigarette tax shocker: 15 states with tiny tobacco tariffs
    • Cigarette tax shocker: 15 states with tiny tobacco tariffs
    • Cigarette tax shocker: 15 states with tiny tobacco tariffs
    • Cigarette tax shocker: 15 states with tiny tobacco tariffs
    • Cigarette tax shocker: 15 states with tiny tobacco tariffs
    • Cigarette tax shocker: 15 states with tiny tobacco tariffs
    • Cigarette tax shocker: 15 states with tiny tobacco tariffs

    • U.S. smoking rates are down, according to CDC research, but states could do a lot more to snuff out the smoke.

      "Tobacco tax increases are one of the most effective ways to reduce smoking and other tobacco use, especially among kids," says the advocacy group Campaign for Tobacco-free Kids. Every 10 percent increase in cigarette prices, the organization says, reduces youth smoking by about seven percent, and total cigarette use by about four percent.

      Which state has the country's highest cigarette tax? New York takes the cake. Its $4.35-per-pack tax is far above the national average of $1.46. But some states opt to tax much lower than that.

      How low? Keep clicking to see which 15 states have the lowest cigarette tax rates...

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    • 15. Mississippi

      Kicking off the list of 15 states with low cigarette tax is Mississippi, at $0.68 per pack.

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    • 14. Nebraska

      Cigarette tax: $0.64

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    • 13. Tennessee

      Cigarette tax: $0.62

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    • 12. Kentucky (TIE)

      Cigarette tax: $0.60

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    • 12. Wyoming (TIE)

      Cigarette tax: $0.60

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    • 10. Idaho (TIE)

      Cigarette tax: $0.57

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    • 10. South Carolina (TIE)

      Cigarette tax: $0.57

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    • 8. West Virginia

      Cigarette tax: $0.55

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    • 7. North Carolina

      Cigarette tax: $0.45

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    • 6. North Dakota

      Cigarette tax: $0.44

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    • 5. Alabama

      Cigarette tax: $0.425

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    • 4. Georgia

      Cigarette tax: $0.37

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    • 3. Louisiana

      Cigarette tax: $0.36

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    • 2. Virginia

      Cigarette tax: $0.30

    • 1. Missouri

      Coming in at no. 1 is Missouri, where the cigarette tax is only $0.17 per pack. How low is that? New Yorkers pay 25 times that - a full $4.35 extra per pack.

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