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Connecticut Raises Cigarette Tax to $3.00 per pack

September 6, 2009

The Connecticut legislature approved the state budget last week, which the governor allowed to go into effect over the weekend without her signature. The budget included a $1.00 increase in the cigarette tax which will go into effect on October 1, 2009, giving Connecticut the second highest cigarette tax rate in the country at $3.00 per pack.