Report: Increased cigarette tax rate in R.I. led to more smuggling

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A REPORT from the Tax Foundation found that Rhode Island experienced an increase of out-of-state cigarettes being smuggled into the state following the increase of the cigarette excise tax. / AP FILE PHOTO/PATRICK SISON
PROVIDENCE – A new report from the Tax Foundation found that following the increase of the cigarette excise tax in Rhode Island from $3.75 to $4.25, cigarette smuggling into the state increased significantly. Rhode Island ranked as having the eighth highest rate of inflow of cigarettes in the nation in 2018, with 24.3% of cigarettes…

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