Utah - Cig taxes going up $1
USA - The state of the tobacco industry in 2009
USA - Anti-smoking lobbies want to increase tobacco taxes more
UK - Anti-smoking charity wants 5% smoking tax increase, taxes are already heavy in the UK
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It's pretty unlikely that any taxes on tobacco products will go down anytime soon. Since along with other taxes last year, they also heavily taxed roll-your-own cigarettes, it's not the same alternative it used to be. You can still pretty much halve your smoking costs will roll your own, though.