Smokers, flee New York City and head to Kentucky, where a pack of Marlboro Reds will cost you practically a third of what you’re paying now. And while you’re on the road, steer clear of New Hampshire and Vermont, too: the price for a pack has jumped 35% and 25%, respectively, over the past year. We called a gas station—and oftentimes, when we were turned away or simply misunderstood, we called several—in the most populous city of every state in the nation and Washington D.C. and asked the clerk for the price of a pack of Marlboro Red cigarettes including tax. (Obviously, local prices will vary some.) Here’s the current price, in bold, and also how the prices of cigarettes have changed since last summer. 48. Kentucky (last year $6.56): $4.96 = -24 % 47. North Dakota ($5.03): $5.04 = +.2 % 46. West Virginia ($4.84): $5.07 = +5 % 45. Oklahoma ($5.24): $5.19 = -.1 % 44. Idaho ($5.11): $5.25 = +3 % 43. Missouri ($5.87): $5.25 = -10 % 42. Louisiana ($6.50): $5.33 = -18 % 41. Oregon ($5.74): $5.35 = -7 % 40. Wyoming ($5.21): $5.37 = +3 % 39. Mississippi ($5.55): $5.45 = -2 % 38. Nevada ($6.04): $5.50 = -9 % 37. South Carolina ($6.25): $5.55 = -11 % 36. Colorado ($5.19): $5.59 = +8 % 35. Indiana ($5.56): $5.77 = +4 % 34. Alabama ($5.18): $5.80 = +12 % 33. Virginia ($5.43): $5.81 = +7 % 32. Ohio ($5.67): $5.88 = 4 % 31. Tennessee ($4.91): $5.89 = +20 % 30. Georgia ($5.93): $5.93 = 0 % 29. Minnesota ($5.96): $5.95 = -.2 % 28. Florida ($6.29), Delaware ($6.10): $6.00 = -5%, -2 % 27. North Carolina ($5.14): $6.03 = +17 % 26. Nebraska ($5.99): $6.09 = +2 % 25. Kansas ($6.47): $6.21 = -4 % 24. Montana ($6.12): $6.25 = +2 % 23. Arkansas ($7.10): $6.50 = -8 % 22. New Hampshire ($4.86): $6.59 = +35 % 21. Utah ($6.88): $6.64 = -3 % 20. California ($6.45), South Dakota ($6.82): $6.77 = +5%, -.7 % 19. New Mexico ($6.69): $6.91 = +3 % 18. Michigan ($6.50), Pennsylvania ($6.93): $6.95 = +7%, +.3 % 17. Maine ($6.97): $7.12 = +2 % 16. Texas ($6.89): $7.24 = +5 % 15. Iowa ($7.52): $7.25 = -4 % 14. D.C. ($8.27): $7.89 = -5 % 13. Maryland ($6.53): $7.93 = +21 % 12. Wisconsin ($7.98): $8.11= +2 % 11. Washington ($8.98): $8.31 = -7 % 10. New Jersey ($8.00): $8.55 = +7 % 9. Massachusetts ($8.49): $8.77 = +3 % 8. Connecticut ($8.85): $9.30 = +5 % 7. Vermont ($7.60): $9.52 = +25 % 6. Rhode Island ($8.16): $9.56 = +17 % 5. Alaska ($9.39): $9.59 = +2 % 4. Arizona ($7.46): $9.65 = +29 % 3. Hawaii ($10.22): $9.68 = -5 % 2. Illinois ($10.25): $11.59 = +13 % 1. New York ($12.50): $14.50 = +16 % Sarah Jampel is an Awl summer reporter.','url':'http://www.theawl.com/2013/07/what-a-pack-of-cigarettes-costs-now-state-by-state','og_descr':'This list has been updated, as of August 2014. Click here! Smokers, flee New York City and head to Kentucky, where a pack of Marlboro Reds will cost you practically a third of what you’re paying now. And while ...
Smokers, flee New York City and head to Kentucky, where a pack of Marlboro Reds will cost you practically a third of what you re paying now. And while you re on.
The Price Of Cigarettes: How Much Does A Pack Cost In Each US State. MAP Smokers in New York City are burning through about three times as much money on cigarettes.
Smokers in New York City are burning through about three times as much money on cigarettes as smokers in Kentucky.
The Price Of Cigarettes: How Much Does A Pack Cost In Each US State? [MAP]
Sales tax amount per pack is based on state sales tax percentage and percentage is applied to the total retail price of a pack of cigarettes.
Methodology: Prices were obtained by calling a gas station in each state s most populous city and asking the clerk for the price of a pack of Marlboro Reds with tax.
Put a different way, the average retail price of a pack of cigarettes in - All U.S. States is 5.51. But the real price of a pack of cigarettes to society and to the.
According to The Awl s annual cigarette price check, for which they call delis in each state and ask how much a pack of cigarettes costs, New York clocks in.