Tobacco Taxes:
Reduce youth and adult smoking
Lower health care costs
Fund critical health programs
What the recent $0.75 Increase Means
The 2009-2011 Budget Bill included a $0.75 tobacco tax increase.
Projected Benefits from Increasing the State Cigarette Tax Rate by 75 Cents Per Pack
- Additional state cigarette tax revenues in first year: $97 million
- Percent decrease in youth smoking: 9.0%
- Kids in Wisconsin kept from becoming addicted adult smokers: 33,100
- Current adult smokers in the state who would quit: 17,000
- Smoking-affected births avoided over next five years: 4,700
- Wisconsin residents saved from premature smoking-caused death: 15,000
- 5-year health savings from fewer smoking-affected pregnancies & births: $8.0 million
- 5-year health savings from fewer smoking-caused heart attacks & strokes: $8.2 million
- Long-term health savings in state from adult & youth smoking declines: $740.8 million
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Wisconsin's Current Tobacco Tax
Wisconsin's tobacco tax is $2.52. See how this compares to other states.
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Raising the tax on tobacco products is an excellent public health policy
as it reduces youth and adult smoking and provides funds
for critical health programs.
