Special Report

Price of a Pack of Cigarettes the Year You Were Born

Source: Andrea Booher / FEMA / Wikimedia Commons

> Avg. price per pack: $1.76
> State and federal cigarette taxes: $0.55
> Inflation adjusted price: $2.35
> Annual consumption per capita: 1,801 cigarettes
> Lung & bronchus cancer deaths: 62.5 per 100,000

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> Avg. price per pack: $1.80
> State and federal cigarette taxes: $0.57
> Inflation adjusted price: $2.35
> Annual consumption per capita: 1,831 cigarettes
> Lung & bronchus cancer deaths: 62.2 per 100,000

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> Avg. price per pack: $1.85
> State and federal cigarette taxes: $0.57
> Inflation adjusted price: $2.38
> Annual consumption per capita: 1,820 cigarettes
> Lung & bronchus cancer deaths: 61.5 per 100,000

Source: Kees de Vos / Wikimedia Commons

> Avg. price per pack: $1.95
> State and federal cigarette taxes: $0.62
> Inflation adjusted price: $2.46
> Annual consumption per capita: 1,804 cigarettes
> Lung & bronchus cancer deaths: 61.0 per 100,000

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> Avg. price per pack: $2.18
> State and federal cigarette taxes: $0.63
> Inflation adjusted price: $2.72
> Annual consumption per capita: 1,735 cigarettes
> Lung & bronchus cancer deaths: 60.3 per 100,000

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> Avg. price per pack: $2.93
> State and federal cigarette taxes: $0.65
> Inflation adjusted price: $3.61
> Annual consumption per capita: 1,621 cigarettes
> Lung & bronchus cancer deaths: 58.5 per 100,000

Source: Rob Boudon / Wikimedia Commons

> Avg. price per pack: $3.12
> State and federal cigarette taxes: $0.76
> Inflation adjusted price: $3.76
> Annual consumption per capita: 1,551 cigarettes
> Lung & bronchus cancer deaths: 58.7 per 100,000

Source: SFC Thomas R. Roberts / Wikimedia Commons

> Avg. price per pack: $3.37
> State and federal cigarette taxes: $0.77
> Inflation adjusted price: $3.98
> Annual consumption per capita: 1,512 cigarettes
> Lung & bronchus cancer deaths: 58.1 per 100,000

Source: Sergeant Joseph R. Chenelly, United States Marine Corps / Wikimedia Commons

> Avg. price per pack: $3.72
> State and federal cigarette taxes: $1.00
> Inflation adjusted price: $4.33
> Annual consumption per capita: 1,489 cigarettes
> Lung & bronchus cancer deaths: 57.5 per 100,000

Source: National Archive Catalog / Wikimedia Commons

> Avg. price per pack: $3.72
> State and federal cigarette taxes: $1.12
> Inflation adjusted price: $4.24
> Annual consumption per capita: 1,434 cigarettes
> Lung & bronchus cancer deaths: 56.6 per 100,000

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