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The Best and Worst States To Be a Smoker

Tobacco is the most taxed consumer product in the U.S., and those taxes largely dictate cigarette prices.

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Kennedy International Airport in New York City would have to pay $19 for a pack of Marlboros.

If that same smoker drove a few hundred miles south to North Carolina, he would pay less than half that price.

The same product could have vastly different prices depending on where in the country you are.

The difference has little to do with the cigarettes themselves.

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