The federal cigarette tax increased to $1.00 per pack under Public Law 111-3 (the Children’s Health Insurance Program Re-Authorization Act of 2009 was signed into law on February 4, 2009 and takes effect on April 1, 2009). This brings the average retail cost of a pack of cigarettes in Hawai’i to $6.15 a pack, or $2,040 for a pack-a-day smoker a full year. This increase in the price of cigarettes can encourage smokers to quit.

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