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Update:

On May 5th, the Hawaii Legislature adjourned for the 2011 regular session. This marks the first regular session since 2006 that the state tobacco excise tax rates were not increased in Hawaii. Thank you to those adult tobacco consumers that voiced their concern and opposition to taxes that unfairly target adult tobacco consumers.

The state’s cigarette and tobacco excise tax rates remain unchanged as follows:

Cigarettes - $3.00/pack (increasing to $3.20/pack on July 1, 2011 as enacted previously)

Moist Smokeless Tobacco – 70% of the wholesale price

Cigars – 50% of the wholesale price

The Hawaii legislature may come back later this year for a special session. Please bookmark this page and be sure to check back for future updates to this and other tobacco-related issues and news in Hawaii.

Hawaii Tobacco Revenue

State Excise Tax on Cigarettes: $3.00
State Excise Tax on Smokeless Tobacco: 70%
State Excise Tax on Little Cigars: $0.11/Little Cigar
State Excise Tax on Large Cigars: 50% Wholesale Price
Sales Tax on Cigarette Sales: $0.29

Hawaii Revenue from Cigarettes

Excise Tax Collected (2009): $104,433,576
Master Settlement Agreement (MSA Payments 2009): $60,400,000
Cigarette Sales Tax Revenue (2009): $13,032,835
Total Revenue Collected (2009): $177,866,411

Source: Bill Orzechowski & Rob Walker, The Tax Burden on Tobacco, Historical Compilation Volume 44, 2009.

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