5 States With the Most Expensive Cigarettes in the US

3. Connecticut

Average Retail Price per Pack: $10.04

The adult smoking rate in Connecticut was estimated to be at 11.8% in 2020, with around 4,300 of the state’s adults dying each year as a result of their own smoking. In 2022, the Connecticut House allocated $12 million for the state Tobacco Control and Health Trust Fund to finance critical tobacco prevention and cessation efforts.

Philip Morris International –  one of the largest tobacco companies in the world – moved its U.S. headquarters from New York to Connecticut in 2022, bringing over 200 jobs to the Constitution State.