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Legislative activity in each of these states , regarding issues such as consumer exercise tax on cigarettes , vending machines , prohibition of higher insurance premium for smokers , smoking , anti-discrimination . New York State 's 55-cent-per-pack increase in sales tax on cigarettes that will take effect March 1 will have a positive , over-all effect on the state economy , despite reducing cigarette sales , a study by a UB health economist has reported . Protests federal excise tax on cigarettes , stating it takes more money from those least able to pay . States that the attached is an overview of teenage smoking and the Federal Exercise Tax on cigarettes by Myron Johnston . Your attention is again called to the fact that the state of Iowa is collecting $ 700,000 annually from a tax on cigarettes . The lower taxes on cigarettes immediately had an effect on tobacco sales . ITHACA , N.Y. - - Boosting taxes on cigarettes will have a far less dramatic effect on rates of teen-age smoking than politicians are hoping , a new Cornell University study finds . The report , commissioned by the cigarette maker and produced by consulting firm Arthur D. Little International , totes up smoking 's ' positive effects ' on national finances , including revenue from excise and other taxes on cigarettes and ' health-care cost savings due to early mortality . The 1842 Treaty plainly makes federal law applicable to the Ceded Area , and federal law permits the states to impose their tobacco taxes on cigarettes sales to nonmembers of the Tribe . The Comptroller 's office collects state excise taxes on cigarettes , cigars , and other tobacco products from distributors who are permitted to receive and sell the products in Texas .