They seem to be hem hawing between public rights to safer alternatives & political rights to tax citizens to death. Typical plot, but written in a nice way. E-cigarettes popularity running well ahead of government regulation
Hemhawing article in DesMoines
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This makes some sense. Don't have to rush to conclusions!
Asked if he would like to see e-cigarettes taxed like tobacco products, Olson said he wasn’t sure.
“I don’t have an opinion on that right now,” he said. “I think around the same time of the Smoke Free Air Act, we raised the cigarette tax for the reasons related to the health risks with second-hand smoke and the health costs to the state. This is a bit of a different calculation.”
Asked if he would like to see e-cigarettes taxed like tobacco products, Olson said he wasn’t sure.
“I don’t have an opinion on that right now,” he said. “I think around the same time of the Smoke Free Air Act, we raised the cigarette tax for the reasons related to the health risks with second-hand smoke and the health costs to the state. This is a bit of a different calculation.”
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