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Kentucky Tobacco Revenue

State Excise Tax on Cigarettes: $0.60
State Excise Tax on Smokeless Tobacco: $0.19/1.5 oz Banded
State Excise Tax on Little Cigars: 15% Wholesale Price
State Excise Tax on Large Cigars: 15% Wholesale Price
Sales Tax on Cigarette Sales: $0.27

Kentucky Revenue from Cigarettes

Excise Tax Collected (2009): $196,124,108
Master Settlement Agreement (MSA Payments 2009): $126,500,000
Cigarette Sales Tax Revenue (2009): $125,364,280
Total Revenue Collected (2009): $447,988,388

Source: Bill Orzechowski & Rob Walker, The Tax Burden on Tobacco, Historical Compilation Volume 44, 2009.

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