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Notably, "as cigarette taxes and prices continue to rise, smokers are taking other steps to thwart the impact of the price increase such as switching brands and increasing purchases on the black market." In New York, which has the highest cigarette taxes in the country, more than half of all cigarettes sold are smuggled from elsewhere, according to the Tax Foundation and the Mackinac Center for Public Policy