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R.I. has highest cigarette tax – by far 

’s official: Rhode Island’s cigarette tax is now the highest levy on smokes in the country by a wide margin, according to new figures released by The Tax Foundation.

Gov. Donald L. Carcieri and lawmakers agreed to raise the state cigarette tax by $1 to $3.46 a pack to help close a state budget shortfall this spring.

That makes Rhode Island’s cigarette tax not only highest in the country but 25 percent more than the next-highest tax, in New York

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