Once again, an effort in Wyoming to increase the taxes charged on cigars and other tobacco products has failed.

H.B. 0205 would have increased the percentage of taxes charged on cigars and other tobacco products from 20 percent to 56 percent. A cigar that has an MSRP of $9.50 likely retails for around $11.40 in the state. If the change has passed, that same cigar would have likely increased in price to $14.82 before sales tax was added.

Fortunately for cigar smokers, H.B. 0205 failed to pass the Wyoming House of Representatives by a vote of 28-32.

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Charlie Minato

I am an editor and co-founder of halfwheel.com/Rueda Media, LLC. I previously co-founded and published TheCigarFeed, one of the two predecessors of halfwheel. I have written about the cigar industry for more than a decade, covering everything from product launches to regulation to M&A. In addition, I handle a lot of the behind-the-scenes stuff here at halfwheel. I enjoy playing tennis, watching boxing, falling asleep to the Le Mans 24, wearing sweatshirts year-round and eating gyros. echte liebe.