U.S. Tobacco Tax Burden and Cigarette Sales 1970-2019

U.S. federal and state-level data on tobacco taxes and sales from 1970 to 2019, compiled by Orzechowski and Walker. The dataset includes annual information on the tax burden applied to a pack of cigarettes. It is published by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in the Tax Burden On Tobacco at state and federal levels over the 50-year period.
• Model the relationship between Average Cost Per Pack and Cigarette Sales volumes across different states.
• Compare state-level tax policies using the reported Tax and sales data to assess public health impacts.

Strengths

• Covers a 50-year time range from 1970 to 2019, providing long-term trend analysis.
• Includes both federal and state-level granularity for geographic comparison.
• Data is sourced from the authoritative annual compendium 'The Tax Burden on Tobacco'.

Limitations

• The dataset's row count and specific column structure are unknown, limiting pre-analysis assessment.
• Data may be stale for current-year analysis as the latest included year is 2019.
• The license is specified as 'other-license-specified', requiring careful review before use.

Provenance

Source

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Office on Smoking and Health.

Collection Method

Data obtained from the annual compendium 'The Tax Burden on Tobacco' by Orzechowski and Walker.

Time Range

1970 to 2019

Freshness

Last updated on the platform in 2025, but data coverage ends in 2019.

Geography

United States (federal and state-level)