cigarette taxes

Cigarettes have only gotten more and more expensive over the past decade as nearly every state has pushed taxes upward. But the habit hits our wallets in a series of small purchases: Are smokers really aware of quite how much they spend a year? We hit the streets of Manhattan to ask.

Are you livid about the cost of utilities? Do you want to beat high taxes on goods, services, even your home? Then perhaps you should consider moving, because many of life's necessities and niceties cost less depending on where you live. Here are ten examples of the current "geography pricing gap"...

A new nationwide poll finds that two-thirds of U.S. voters support a $1 increase in tobacco taxes per pack. The tax could raise more than $9.1 billion in new annual revenue for states, says the report released by a coalition of public health organizations claims.

Just as pressure differentials spawn tornadoes, price differentials create a vortex of demand. The widely different excise taxes put on cigarettes from state to state has turned millions of smokers into smugglers, and smugglers into rich smugglers. Can you blame a smoker in New York, who is paying...