NEW HAMPSHIRE
Analysis and insight on tobacco and vapor
products in the Granite State
• Cigarettes: $1.78/pack
• Other Tobacco Products (excluding premium cigars): 65.03% Wholesale Price
• E-Cigarettes:
• Closed systems: $0.30/milliliter
•Open systems:
8% Wholesale Price
Excise Taxes
E-Cigarettes Defined as Tobacco Products?
-Yes-
E-Cigarettes Included in Smoking Bans?
-Yes-
TOBACCO HARM REDUCTION 101: NEW HAMPSHIRE
Key Points:
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New Hampshire’s vaping industry provided more than $77 million in economic activity in 2018 while generating 360 direct vaping-related jobs. Sales of disposables and prefilled cartridges in New Hampshire exceeded $6.1 million in 2016.
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As of October 7, 2019, NHPHS has reported one case of vaping-related lung illness, noting other state health departments finding patients vaping THC prior to illness. NHPHS earns a D for its reporting on vaping-related lung illnesses.
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In 2019, only 3.9 percent of New Hampshire high school students reported daily e-cigarette use. More data is needed.
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Only 5 percent of FDA retail compliance checks in New Hampshire resulted in sales of e-cigarettes to minors from January 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019.
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New Hampshire spends very little on tobacco prevention. In 2019, New Hampshire dedicated only $140,000 on tobacco control, or less than 1 percent of what the state received in tobacco settlement payments and taxes.
NEW HAMPSHIRE
TOBACCO AND VAPOR
MONIES
ECONOMIC BURDEN OF SMOKING IN
NEW HAMPSHIRE
FDA Compliance Checks
January 1, 2018 - October 1, 2019
Types of Products Sold
