According to the Wall Street Journal, South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford has vetoed a bill that would have increased the nation’s lowest cigarette tax by 50 cents per pack. The proposed legislation would have raised the tax from 7 cents per pack to 57 cents per pack.
Below is a map published by Tax Foundation which shows the state excise tax rates on cigarettes per 20-pack of cigarettes as of January 1, 2009. Click the map to enlarge.
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