I'm developing a new website and need some extensive research done
regarding cigarette prices by state and brand at a local 7 eleven or
gas station. I will be using geotargetting to list retail price in
their local state to compare to my prices.

The prices should be retail price on what the person pays per pack AFTER TAXES.

The cigarette brands are:
 MARLBORO  
 CAMEL  
 WINSTON  
 BOND STREET  
 LUCKY STRIKE  
 VIRGINIA SLIMS  
 PARLIAMENT  
 KENT  
 ROTHMANS  

a price per brand is fine, doesn't have to be specifically kings, lights etc..

I would need them in a nicely readable format, preferably in excel.

I need all states and each brand per state. AGAIN The price SHOULD BE AFTER TAXES.

Thank you

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Request for Question Clarification by rainbow-ga on 18 May 2005 07:20 PDT

Hi notr,

After several hours of research, I was able to locate the prices of
cigarettes by state. However, I was not able to locate any data for a
brand breakdown. The information I was able to find includes the
following (per state):

Cigarette Company Factory Price
Federal Cig. Tax
Distributor & Retailer Mark Ups
State Cig. Tax
State Sales Tax
Total Fed/StateTaxes
Final Retail Price

Would this information interest you?

Best regards,
Rainbow

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Clarification of Question by notr-ga on 18 May 2005 07:38 PDT

Rainbow,

I was able to find the same information you found, I believe it was
from the tobacco free kids website. The prices listed on their chart
is way off and I need more details.

Regards,
Abby

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Request for Question Clarification by pafalafa-ga on 21 May 2005 20:26 PDT

Hello Abby,



I've found a list of state cigarette taxes for all states as of
December 2004.  They range from a high of $2.46 a pack in Rhode
Island, to only three cents a pack in Kentucky.  In addition, there
are general state sales taxes that apply to cigarettes, and these
range from about 0-7%.  There's also a federal tax of 39 cents per
pack.

With that information, you should be able to get a pretty reasonable
range for the "street price" of cigarettes in different states, but
adding in the taxes on top of the base prices (which I don't have) for
individual brands.


Does that help you out at all?


pafalafa-ga

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Request for Question Clarification by pafalafa-ga on 10 Jun 2005 20:12 PDT

notr-ga,

Just checking in...any thoughts about the note I posted on May 21?

Dear Notr,

While I can't help you with prices, you might want to read this article
about states chasing after online sellers of tobacco:

http://www.stateline.org/live/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=136&languageId=1&contentId=29157

It may help you re-think selling cigarettes online without collecting taxes. 

Just a thought. 

Your TaxMama-ga