Illinois Tax Increase on Cigarettes and E Cigarettes Scheduled to Go Into Effect July 1 Civic Federation Tax incidence of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) in the USA Tobacco Control Cigarette smoking continues to decline nationally and in Wisconsin, while vaping is on the rise. One consequence of this sweeping shift: Wisconsin's heavy reliance on cigarette tax revenue is waning. And Wisconsinites Minnesota introduced an e cigarette tax to deter people from vaping and then smoking rates increased MarketWatch