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Tobacco Taxes Washington D.C.'s excise tax per pack of cigarettes: $1.000 Washington D.C.'s excise tax collection for the fiscal year ending June 2002: $16,465,000 Sales tax on tobacco products: 5.75% Federal excise tax per pack of cigarettes: $0.39 Total federal excise tax collections in fiscal year 2002: $7,512,700,000 Click here for the Cigarette Tax and Payment Table for all states.

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Number of six-packs of beer that must be sold in Washington D.C. to produce the same state excise tax revenue generated by one carton of cigarettes: 128.4

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Number of bottles of wine that must be sold in Washington D.C. to produce the same state excise tax revenue generated by one carton of cigarettes: 109.4

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