Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for October 3, 2019
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October 3, 2019: At $4.35 per pack, Connecticut and New York have the highest taxes on cigarettes in the nation. Rhode Island is the only other state to top the $4 mark at $4.25.
At the other extreme, five states have cigarette taxes at less than 50 cents a pack—North Carolina (0.45), North Dakota (0.44), Georgia (0.37), Virginia (0.30), and Missouri (0.17).
In addition to state taxes, cigarettes are also subject to a federal excise tax of approximately $1.00 per pack.[1]
Each weekday, Scott Rasmussen’s Number of the Day explores interesting and newsworthy topics at the intersection of culture, politics, and technology.
- October 2, 2019 – 23 percent of voters fear federal government more than tech companies
- October 1, 2019 – 70 years ago today, the People’s Republic of China was created
- September 30, 2019 – 42 percent of voters very concerned that tech companies will abuse facial recognition technology
- September 27, 2019 – 6 percent of American adults have written a song
- September 26, 2019 – 30 percent of baseball fans think the Yankees will win the World Series
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