Hawaii Information
Tobacco Taxes
Hawaii's excise tax per pack of cigarettes: $1.400
Hawaii's excise tax collection for the
fiscal year ending June 2002: $62,609,000
Sales tax on tobacco products: 4.00%
Federal excise tax per pack of cigarettes: $0.39
Total federal excise tax collections in fiscal year 2002: $7,512,700,000
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Who Profits from
Cigarette Sales? 
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Comparing Excise Taxes on Cigarettes, Beer and Wine
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Number of six-packs of beer that must be sold in Hawaii to produce the same state excise tax revenue generated by one carton of cigarettes: 19.1 |
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Number of bottles of wine that must be sold in Hawaii to produce the same state excise tax revenue generated by one carton of cigarettes: 36.6 |
Hawaii Smokers' Contributions
to the State Economy - FY2002
In 2001, Hawaii smokers comprised only 20.5%1 of the adult population in the state. Here is what they already pay because they choose to buy a legal product:
Smokers Pay Excise Taxes2 |
$ |
62,609,477 |
Smokers Pay Sales Taxes2 |
$ |
10,643,564 |
Smokers Pay Tobacco Settlement Payments3 |
$ |
43,066,795 |
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$ |
116,319,836 |
Smokers' Economic/Tax Profile 2001
Hawaii smokers' median household income |
$ |
34,476 |
Hawaii nonsmokers' median household income |
$ |
42,991 |
- Working Families Pay More1
36.4% of Hawaii smokers had household income LESS THAN $25,000
14.0% of Hawaii smokers had household income EQUAL TO or GREATER THAN $75,000
The impact of smoker payments on the incomes of working families was more than THREE TIMES the impact on higher income smokers. Those who can afford it least pay a disproportionate percentage of their hard-earned income in smoker payments.
- Smoker excise tax/sales tax/tobacco settlement payments liability in 20024
Total average paid per Hawaii smoker in excise and sales taxes |
$ |
390 |
Cost per Hawaii smoker for settlement payments to Hawaii |
$ |
229 |
Total annual payments to Hawaii per smoker |
$ |
619 |
Total annual payments to Hawaii per nonsmoker |
$ |
0 |
Hawaii Smoker Facts 5
- Total smokers' payments to Hawaii in FY2002 were:
- Nearly three times as large as FY2002 state excise taxes on alcoholic beverages ($39.1 million)
- More than twice as large as FY2002 corporate net income taxes ($52.6 million)
- Larger than FY2002 motor fuel tax collections ($78.1 million).
- Total smokers' payments for FY2002 were large enough to support Hawaii's FY2003 appropriations6 for:
- Operating expenditures of the Hawaii State Public Library System ($25.4 million) AND the Department of Agriculture ($26.7 million) AND Commerce and Consumer Affairs ($34.8 million) COMBINED
OR
- Capital improvements (all funds) at the University of Hawaii ($98 million)
OR
- Human Resources Development ($19.1 million) AND the Department of Land and Natural Resources ($60.9 million) AND the Department of Health ($27.7 million) COMBINED.
TOTAL SMOKER CIGARETTE PAYMENTS TO HAWAII
FY2002 |
Per year: |
$ |
116,319,836 |
Per day: |
$ |
318,466 |
Per hour: |
$ |
13,269 |
Per minute: |
$ |
221 |
Per second: |
$ |
4 |
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CIGARETTES DON'T PAY TAXES -
HAWAII SMOKERS DO!!
1 Centers for Disease Control's Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2001
2 Orzechowski & Walker, Arlington, Virginia; from state revenue department.
3 PriceWaterhouseCooper
4 U.S. Census Bureau, 2000 state population and Centers for Disease Control's Behavioral Risk Surveillance System, 2001
5 Tax Comparisons are from U.S. Census Bureau. Budget comparisons are from the State of Hawaii, Department of Budget and Finance, Budget in Brief: The Executive Supplemental Budget Fiscal Year 2003, January 2002, Online at http://www.state.hi.us/budget/statefin/Executive%20Budget/BudgetinBriefFY03.pdf.
6 Reflects "current appropriations" only, and not any supplemental recommendations of the Governor.
Master Settlement Agreement Payments To Date
$140,350,551 has been paid to Hawaii since the Master Settlement Agreement was signed on November 23, 1998.
No Laws Found
The reprinting of this information from the Coalition, does not constitute a representation or admission by RJRT that such information is accurate, complete, or a proper characterization of the laws concerned. The Coalition for Responsible Tobacco Retailing is a cooperative effort among retailers, wholesalers and manufacturers who share a common goal: to do all they can to prevent tobacco sales to minors.
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