of an excise tax on cigarettes and e-cigarettes, in addition to existing taxes. Senate Bill 2 seeks to increase the standard state income tax deduction and create an earned income tax In order to fund the deduction and tax credit, the legislation would impose “a special excise tax of other revenue-generating sources to fund tax relief programs. Ironically, Senate Bill 2 would provide tax relief for lower income persons, all the while taxing those

Vapor taxes are becoming increasingly popular among lawmakers as a way to combat youth vapor product Although addressing youth use of vapor products is laudable, excise taxes have not been effective at California California’s tax on e-cigarettes and vapor products went into effect April 1, 2017. Kansas Kansas’ tax on e-cigarettes and vapor products went into effect July 1, 2017. Louisiana Louisiana’s tax on e-cigarettes and vapor products went into effect August 1, 2015.

subject to such taxes. A 5 cents per mL tax on a 120 mg bottle of e-liquid would amount to a total tax of $6, but a pod system Additionally, per-milliliter taxes create incentives for users to avoid the nicotine tax by adding their Under some tax regimes, a vape shop can purchase e-liquids with zero nicotine and only pay a tax on a for open and systems, ranging from wholesale taxes on open systems to per-ML and per-cartridge taxes

down vape shops by banning flavored e-cigarettes, legislators are looking at increasing the excise tax A11123 would increase the tax rate on vapor products, from 20 percent of the retail price to 48 percent Due to high taxes, New York already has a formidable illicit combustible cigarette market. is little to no evidence that taxes actually prevent youth usage. Tobacco Harm Reduction 101 analyzed the effects of vapor taxes in six states.

Legislation introduced in Alaska aims to apply the state’s excise tobacco products tax to electronic Although many lawmakers in other states have recently considered creating additional taxes on vaping to deter youth use of these products, the author of H.B. 94 hopes to use the tax to generate revenue. Analyses on the effects of vaping taxes have shown these levies produce devastating results. In 2016, Pennsylvania enacted a 40 percent wholesale floor tax, and required retailers to pay the tax

Below are current House and Senate bills that tax and regulate cigarettes, tobacco and vapor products HB 249: Tobacco; increase excise tax on all products except cigarettes; o Increases tax on cigars, cheroots to define e-cigarettes as tobacco products for purposes to include vapor products in tobacco tax upon and regulate under the Tobacco Tax Law o Regulation; permit; Tobacco 21 o Tax on o Increases tax on cigarettes from 3.4 cents to 8.4 cents on each cigarette sold ( from $0.68

tobacco cigarettes including: -Number of smokers in 2019 -Number of cigarettes smoked -Estimated taxes

tobacco cigarettes including: -Number of smokers in 2019 -Number of cigarettes smoked -Estimated taxes

tobacco cigarettes including: -Number of smokers in 2019 -Number of cigarettes smoked -Estimated taxes

tobacco cigarettes including: -Number of smokers in 2019 -Number of cigarettes smoked -Estimated taxes

tobacco cigarettes including: -Number of smokers in 2019 -Number of cigarettes smoked -Estimated taxes

tobacco cigarettes including: -Number of smokers in 2019 -Number of cigarettes smoked -Estimated taxes