In addition to the toll on your skin, teeth, odour and life expectancy, smoke breaks are about to cost you more money. Quebec is set to raise the tax on cigarettes by $8 per carton of 200. It's the first targeted tobacco tax increase in nine years, according to Minister of Finance Eric Girard. In a press release, his office described the move as a public health measure aimed at decreasing the number of smokers in the province.