What is the largest percentage tax increase on a single item in U.S. history?

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Could it be the one that just went into law, largely unnoticed? The tax on 1 lb. of loose tobacco for rolling (the stuff all the poor people use) just went up from $1.10/lb. to $24.78/lb. about 2,250%. Got a better one? I want to hear it.
 
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