Comments on: Cigarette Taxes In Photos http://blog.turbotax.intuit.com/2011/08/01/cigarette-taxes-in-photos/ It's all about the refund Tue, 21 May 2013 20:45:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Alexander T. Greet http://blog.turbotax.intuit.com/2011/08/01/cigarette-taxes-in-photos/#comment-33750 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:11:22 +0000 http://blog.turbotax.intuit.com/?p=7219#comment-33750 Tobacco should be taxed at 50% because we (the tax payer) foot the bill for Medical and Medicare programs that treat the illnesses these products bring for the elderly and uninsured. Alcohol should also be taxed at 50%. It is time to get tough.

]]> By: Kathi Elkins http://blog.turbotax.intuit.com/2011/08/01/cigarette-taxes-in-photos/#comment-28349 Thu, 20 Oct 2011 15:35:57 +0000 http://blog.turbotax.intuit.com/?p=7219#comment-28349 I like the creative ways this data is presented, butI was just checking the data reported in the visuals above. Here are my comments: Photo #2: US history of taxation on cigarettes: Tax Burden on Tobacco states that FY2010 federal tax collections=$15,513,887,231, compared to the photo $8.51 B

Photo #5: the photo talks about “average smoker”, but it looks like they are commenting on “per capita”. From Tax Burden on Tobacco, in 2008 the average US adult smoker smoked about 400 packs per year, or about 8,000 cigarettes, compared to the photo which gives 1001 cigarettes.

I cannot check on the links given for the data (my system blocks this).
Kathi Elkins, Tobacco Epidemiologist, WV Health Statistics Center

]]> By: Alex Huges http://blog.turbotax.intuit.com/2011/08/01/cigarette-taxes-in-photos/#comment-28176 Sat, 13 Aug 2011 23:20:49 +0000 http://blog.turbotax.intuit.com/?p=7219#comment-28176 Cigarettes will continue to rise no matter how high they tax it. For a city like New York, they thrive from the taxation on cigarettes. They even tried banning ecigs because they felt that it would threaten the amount of money they make from the taxable cigarette.

]]> By: Buzz http://blog.turbotax.intuit.com/2011/08/01/cigarette-taxes-in-photos/#comment-28173 Mon, 01 Aug 2011 19:36:09 +0000 http://blog.turbotax.intuit.com/?p=7219#comment-28173 It seems people are still going to smoke no matter how high the price goes. There seems to be a lot of legislation plus higher tobacco taxes in recent years but in many regions the sales really haven’t decreased much at all. Would love to seem numbers on how much the average smoker spends a year on cigarettes plus how much that has increased over the years due to taxes and inflation.

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