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I went up to the Duty Free shop this week on a trip up to Canada and bought a carton of cigarettes. The price for a carton was $18
That same carton of cigarettes would have cost me $78 had I purchased it in the U.S. $60 bucks in taxes on 1 carton of cigarettes. That's probably a bit higher than the national average because Washington has no state tax so they have to get theirs on top of the national tax but I'm guessing $40 per carton in federal tax would be close.
Multiply $40 by the number of cartons sold per week and then go kiss a smoker, ashtray mouth and all, and thank him/her for keeping you in the tax bracket you're in because without that tax revenue, you damned sure wouldn't be anymore.
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