Section 7-12-3 - Excise tax on cigarettes; reduction of rate for certain cigarettesA. For the privilege of selling, giving or consuming cigarettes in New Mexico, there is levied an excise tax at a rate of ten cents ($.10) for each cigarette sold, given or consumed in this state.B. The tax imposed by this section shall be referred to as the "cigarette tax".C. The tax imposed by this section shall be reduced by fifty percent for a cigarette for which a modified risk tobacco product order has been issued by the United States secretary of health and human services pursuant to Section 21 U.S.C. 387k(g)(1).D. The tax imposed by this section shall be reduced by twenty-five percent for a cigarette for which a modified risk tobacco product order has been issued by the United States secretary of health and human services pursuant to Section 21 U.S.C. 387k(g)(2).Laws 1943, ch. 95, § 2; 1941 Comp. Supp., § 76-1602; Laws 1947, ch. 111, § 1; 1949, ch. 180, § 2; 1953 Comp., § 72-14-2; Laws 1955, ch. 263, § 1; 1961, ch. 244, § 1; 1962 (S.S.), ch. 5, § 1; 1968, ch. 50, § 2; reenacted as 1953 Comp., § 72-14-3 by Laws 1971, ch. 77, § 3; 1984, ch. 52, § 1; 1985, ch. 25, §§ 1, 2, 5; 1986, ch. 13, § 2; 1993, ch. 30, § 19; 1993, ch. 358, § 2; 1995, ch. 70, § 13; 2003, ch. 341, § 2; 2007, ch. 182, § 2; 2010 (2nd S.S.), ch. 5, § 3.Amended by 2019, c. 270,s. 39, eff. 7/1/2019.