Mississippi Taxes on Cigarettes and Food: A Survey of Self-Identified ...

Mississippi Taxes on Cigarettes and Food A Survey of Self-Identified Registered Voters Age 18

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Report Home Mississippi has the highest food tax in the nation and is one of only seven states applying a sales tax to all food purchased for home consumption. At the same time, its 18 cents per pack cigarette tax is the third lowest in the U.S. While collecting only $43 million annually in cigarette tax revenues, the state spends about $719 million a year on smoking-related illnesses. During the 2006 Mississippi legislative session, a bill was proposed to increase the state’s cigarette tax by $1 per pack and reduce the 7 percent sales tax on food by half, thereby maintaining the current level of state funds by offsetting one tax with another. This survey of age 18+ self-identified registered Mississippi voters gauges their attitudes and opinions regarding this issue, and finds that... 55 percent support increasing the cigarette tax by $1 80 percent support a reduction in the state’s tax on food 85 percent would like to see the food tax reduced by half or eliminated entirely 72 percent support proposed legislation to increase the cigarette tax by $1 per pack and reduce the food tax by half 50 percent would be more likely to vote for state representatives or a state senators supporting a bill to increase the cigarette tax and reduce the food tax The telephone survey of 803 age 18+ Mississippi self-identified registered voters was conducted for AARP by Alan Newman Research, Inc. between August 31st and September 12th, 2006. For more information, contact Joanne Binette at 202-434-6303.(20 pages) Cancel You are leaving AARP.org and going to the website of our trusted provider. The provider’s terms, conditions and policies apply. Please return to AARP.org to learn more about other benefits. Your email address is now confirmed. You'll start receiving the latest news, benefits, events, and programs related to AARP's mission to empower people to choose how they live as they age. You can also by updating your account at anytime. You will be asked to register or log in. Cancel Offer Details Disclosures

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