Missouri consumers will save money on essential hygiene products after a tax cut took that effect Thursday.

Diapers, period products and incontinence supplies are now exempt from local and state sales tax under a new Missouri law.

The tax cut will be a relief for thousands of families in the state struggling to afford basic necessities, said Muriel Smith, executive director of the St. Louis Area Diaper Bank.

“That additional ‘luxury tax,' which was 4.225%, is pennies for a lot of us, but if you're already struggling to afford other things, it's really not pennies for the people that we are serving,” Smith said.

The organization distributes nearly 3 million diapers and over 800,000 period supplies every year, which Smith said shows how expensive these hygiene products are.

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