Indiana tax increases 200% on cigarettes

Smoking in Indiana is more expensive starting today.  The state’s cigarette tax has risen from nearly one-dollar to around three-dollars, which is a 200-percent increase.  The hike is part of the 2025 state budget to help address a two-point-four-billion-dollar shortfall.  It is the first increase in cigarette taxes in Indiana in nearly 20 years and is projected to generate 400-million-dollars a year.