Health officer says e-cigs shouldn’t be taxed like tobacco

[underwhelmd]

IN NOVA SCOTIA

Health officer says e-cigarettes shouldn’t be taxed like tobacco

"The provincial government is regulating e-cigarettes much like tobacco products but has no plans to tax them the same way.

“I think that taxing e-cigs like tobacco products is completely inconsistent with our basic position which is that, based on current information, we are OK with e-cigs being available for adults as a tobacco-use reduction or cessation aid,” Dr. Robert Strang wrote in an email in February to the associate deputy minister of health and wellness."

"Strang, the province’s chief public health officer, went on to say that taxing e-cigarettes the same as tobacco products would create a disincentive for people to use them and “would generate a strong and very public push back from the vaping community much like we had on banning flavoured e-juice.”


Health officer says e-cigarettes shouldn’t be taxed like tobacco | The Chronicle Herald

 

[haveblue]

Hell yes we would push back!

 

[haveblue]

These governments have all banked on money from smoking....they thought it would never end..then vaping came along..money is going away..the number of smokers all over the world is declining. They did not expect or want this!

 

[vincom]

then why regulate/control ecigs if they are now shown to be an effective smoking cessation product

 

[underwhelmd]

then why regulate/control ecigs if they are now shown to be an effective smoking cessation product

To keep the "kids" from using a product containing nic. As soon as the laws came down this year here in NS, no more vaping in vape shops either.

 

[skrymir]

To keep the "kids" from using a product containing nic. As soon as the laws came down this year here in NS, no more vaping in vape shops either.

OK then just prohibit sales to minors.

Beyond that there are studies that show that nicotine not from tobacco won't(or at least is extremely unlikely to) create addictions in users.

Taxes collected from tobacco sales in Canada are about 7.1 billion dollars each year so there is incentive to keep ecigs on the sidelines.