Ecig bill passes Senate in Oklahoma

[theresaloveshistory]

Hi everyone,

I just wanted to let forum users know about a bill that passed the Oklahoma Senate today. It is my understanding that there are currently no laws in OK regarding ecigs (at least as far as where we can vape - correct me if I'm wrong tho).

The bill restricts anyone who is under 18 from purchasing an ecig or juice. It also imposes a .05 cent tax on ecig products. There is a cap on the tax of 10% of what is imposed on a pack of cigarettes.

Shops in Tulsa and surrounding areas do not allow anyone under 18 to enter their stores, much less buy anything (at least the ones I've been to). My main concern with the bill is the tax portion of it. I feel like I'm being punished for giving up my bad habit.

If there are other Okies on the board, please email or call Governor Fallin and express your opinion!

https://www.ok.gov/governor/Contact_the_Governor/index.html


Thanks much

 

[stillnotsmoking]

I'd rather pay a small tax to my local govts than see ecigs banned. Just my .02

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[Baditude]

I'd rather pay a small tax to my local govts than see ecigs banned.

This. The lesser of two evils.

 

[Mattsv1983]

Next they can pass a bill requiring the sun to rise.

 

[mostlyclassics]

stillnotsmoking, you're negotiating with yourself, a suicidal strategy when dealing with government.

Ideally, the state shouldn't tax our hardware and e-liquids at all.

 

[Steve Parry]

Next they can pass a bill requiring the sun to rise.

Or not to rise. Is a tanning bed second hand sun?

 

[StereoDreamer]

Next they can pass a bill requiring the sun to rise.

Or charging the People a surcharge when it does...


All this bill will do is kill B&M stores, and seriously harm entrepreneurial start-ups of companies selling e-cig stuff online in OK. It will drive jobs and commerce out-of-state.


This bill kills OK jobs, and is hostile to new business development. Someone needs to ask the Governor why he is against new businesses, for higher taxes and punishing people financially for using a product that helped them stop smoking. And they need to ask him IN PUBLIC and OFTEN...

 

[DJ RyckRak]

It always starts with a 'small tax'.

 

[FogHawg]

It always starts with a 'small tax'.

Yep. Here we go...

 

[el lobo furtivo]

Is the tax 5 cents or 5 percent? Either way that actually sounds completely reasonable. I'd be willing to pay 5% extra if it meant we could stop worrying and enduring end-of-the-world threads every 20 minutes....

 

[Sikko]

Here's the bill itself. It looks like the intent was to keep people under 18 from being able to purchase them. But why not throw on a tax for good measure eh? Surprised CASAA didn't issue a CTA on this.

http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2013-14 ENGR/SB/SB802 ENGR.PDF

 

[Placebo Effect]

As introduced, this bill was not an e-cigarette tax bill. It didn't even concern e-cigarettes. It was 4 pages long.

Somehow, the bill became 34 pages long while in committee. It was then voted out and on the Senate floor within days.

CASAA will have a Call to Action once this is assigned to a committee. Oklahoma citizens should contact us board@casaa.org if you can make it to Oklahoma City for the Senate hearing.

 

[StevesCVO]

Another tax in Oklahoma, what else is new? Next they'll tax us for the air we breathe.

 

[badbadivy]

Next they can pass a bill requiring the sun to rise.

We tried to pass a local ordinance stopping snow from entering the city limits. It snowed anyway so we taxed it.

If I lived in Oklahoma I would fight the tax portion of the bill. There is so much wrong with that. :/

 

[MrStik]

Another tax in Oklahoma, what else is new? Next they'll tax us for the air we breathe.

technically they are... they are taxing the air you breathe through your vaporizer.....

 

[jazon1]

Next they can pass a bill requiring the sun to rise.

im sure they already have..after all when was the last time you didnt see it rise...im sure they will expect us to thank them for that now too.

 

[Plumes.91]

To anyone reading through this thread that would like to help us over in CT
PLEASE help us, by following the link HERE: CASAA: Call to Action! Connecticut E-Cigarette Usage Ban -- SB 990 (UPDATED)Within the link is a list of points to include in a short letter to the CT legislators.

 

[StereoDreamer]

The power to tax is the power to destroy.

--Daniel Webster (1782–1852)

 

[sam8ps]

GOVERNMENT THINK: If it moves, tax it. If it's still moving, regulate it. When it stops moving, subsidize it.

 

[charmingkv]

I'm so distraught over this law. I just purchased my first wholesale shipment to resale Ejuice to our area because nearest was 40 miles away. And today I found this forum, this senate bill and this thread. The company says no returns on Ejuice. So what am I to do? I can't vape all this myself and can't even legally advertise it. Any advice is appreciated.