10 A costly habit.

• Position: STATELINE - Tax on cigarettes in Kentucky - Brief article

Cigarette smokers in Kentucky may soon pay 40 cents more per pack. The state's Blue Ribbon Commission on Tax Reform recommended raising the tax on cigarettes from 60 cents to $1 per pack, for an estimated $120 million in revenue. Almost 30 percent of the state's residents smoke--the highest percentage in the nation, according to a survey by Gallup-Healthways in 2011. Taxes on tobacco may influence whether people smoke. Kentucky's current cigarette tax is among the lowest...