Cigarette Taxes and Cigarette Smuggling by State, 2024
Cigarette smuggling is costly for states. We estimate that the forgone revenue from smuggled cigarettes totaled more than $4.6 billion in 2024. California lost nearly $1.4 billion in cigarette excise tax collections, and New York missed out on more than $1.2 billion.
We haven't written up this one. Tax Foundation has the full story — the link below goes straight to it.