Prices & Duty Free

The short answer is a range, and the range is wider than for almost any other consumer product. A carton […]

Carton pricing is the clearest illustration of how cigarette tax works, because multiplying by ten makes every layer visible. A […]

There is a real discount available online, and it has a specific cause. Understanding the cause tells you when a […]

Every market has a value tier, and it exists for a structural reason rather than a quality one. Understanding the […]

The gap between a city pack and a suburban or rural pack in the same state can be larger than […]

Duty-free is one of the most misunderstood terms in tobacco retail. It does not mean tax-free in every sense, and […]

Marlboro is the most widely sold cigarette brand in the United States, which makes it the reference point for carton […]

The frequently quoted national average for a pack of cigarettes is somewhere in the $8 range. That number is technically […]

The gap is real, and it is almost entirely tax. Tobacco costs roughly the same to grow, cure and manufacture […]

There is no national cigarette price in the United States. There is a national wholesale price, a uniform federal excise, […]