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Legislative analysts brief senators on Oregon tobacco taxes as flavored bans and cross-border sales complicate revenue
Summary
The Legislative Revenue Office updated the Senate Committee on Finance and Revenue on state tobacco taxes, forecast declines in most product categories and noted new products and local flavor bans complicate revenue tracking and enforcement.
The Senate Committee on Finance and Revenue received an informational briefing May 19 from the Legislative Revenue Office on Oregon’s tobacco-tax structure, recent trends and forecasting challenges.
John Hart, an economist with the Legislative Revenue Office, summarized current law and recent revenue expectations. He said Oregon’s cigarette tax is $3.33 per pack of 20, moist snuff (a subset of other tobacco products) is taxed at $1.86 per ounce with a minimum container amount (the 2024 rate referenced in testimony was $2.24 per container), and other tobacco products—including vaping devices and associated cartridges and liquids—are taxed at 65% of wholesale price (with some caps for products such as cigars). Hart…
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