Tobacco Taxes
As of March 2021, the federal PACT Act now requires online sellers to collect and pay all applicable tobacco excise taxes.
These are the same taxes your local retail stores charge you. You may simply been unaware of just how much tax was being charged because many states force retailers to hide it in the retail price.
Since tobacco tax rates and methodology vary greatly from state to state, we created a table of estimated taxes by product category. Actual tax rates may vary by specific products.
Shortfills
Some states charge taxes only on products that actually contain nicotine. This can make it advantageous to buy shortfills and smaller bottles of concentrated nicotine shots instead. We've highlighted those in bold in the shortfill column below.
If your state does not appear in the table then you have no tobacco tax.
| State | Pack of JUUL Pods | Disposable Vape | 100ml "name brand" bottle | 120ml ELiquid Depot Bottle | 120ml Shortfill + Nic Shot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | $5.84 | $5.15 | $5.15 | $1.48 | $0.95 |
| Colorado | $4.50 | $6.00 | $4.50 | $3.60 | $0.60 |
| Connecticut | $1.12 | $2.00 | $0.90 | $0.26 | $0.15 |
| Delaware | $0.14 | $0.25 | $5.00 | $6.00 | $0.50 |
| Georgia | $0.14 | $0.63 | $0.63 | $0.18 | $0.18 |
| Illinois | $1.54 | $1.35 | $1.35 | $0.39 | $0.39 |
| Indiana | $2.39 | $2.54 | $1.80 | $1.80 | |
| Kansas | $0.14 | $0.25 | $5.00 | $6.00 | $6.00 |
| Kentucky | $6.00 | $1.50 | $2.25 | $1.80 | $1.80 |
| Louisiana | $0.14 | $0.25 | $5.00 | $6.00 | $0.50 |
| Maryland | $8.99 | $11.99 | $4.50 | $3.60 | $3.60 |
| Massachusetts | $7.69 | $6.75 | $6.75 | $1.95 | $1.95 |
| Minnesota | $9.75 | $8.55 | $8.55 | $2.47 | $1.43 |
| Nevada | $3.00 | $2.70 | $2.70 | $0.80 | $0.80 |
| New Hampshire | $0.84 | $1.50 | $0.72 | $0.20 | $0.12 |
| New Jersey | $0.28 | $0.50 | $1.50 | $1.20 | $1.20 |
| New Mexico | $2.00 | $0.50 | $1.13 | $0.33 | $0.33 |
| North Carolina | $0.14 | $0.25 | $5.00 | $6.00 | $0.50 |
| Ohio | $0.28 | $0.50 | $10.00 | $12.00 | $1.00 |
| Pennsylvania | $4.10 | $3.60 | $3.60 | $1.04 | $1.04 |
| Virginia | $0.18 | $0.33 | $6.60 | $7.92 | $0.66 |
| Washington | $0.76 | $1.35 | $9.00 | $10.80 | $10.80 |
| West Virginia | $0.21 | $0.38 | $7.50 | $9.00 | $9.00 |
| Wisconsin | $0.14 | $0.25 | |||
| Wyoming | $1.12 | $1.50 | $1.12 | $0.90 | $0.90 |