USA Today: States target e-cigarettes as potential revenue source
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They should be taxed. They're a luxury item, and tobacco taxes have been funding education for decades.
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LMAO!!!! Well played, sir.
Be sure and increase tax on batts, electricity, PG, VG, flavorings, nic, wood, metal, delrin, plastics, glass, and other heat sources to cover a few bases.
Vaping saves lives, in fact it should be subsidized instead of taxed, doing so would ultimately save the government medicaid $ etc, simple economics.
The only thing that's actually in danger of being taxed is the nic. Writing laws to focus specifically on things like batteries or mods would be too ambiguous.
Wow, amazing. I guess people just don't read anymore.
I think winning the battle for harm reduction will involve financial incentives. You can't get them to listen to logic so entice them with cash.
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I think winning the battle for harm reduction will involve financial incentives. You can't get them to listen to logic so entice them with cash.
Sent from my easy chair using brainwaves.
The proposed ban in the EU would suggest otherwise, although there would probably be loopholes, I just wouldn't underestimate a government's ability to ban or tax something.
I have always scratched my head. On one hand "they" tell us smoking is bad for you and you should quit to live a healthier life. Based on this statement, if everything runs as "they say it should" the day comes when everyone quits smoking and there is no more revenue from cigarette taxes. So you would think they are not going to be counting on that cash cow to continue forever, right?
So when we do stop smoking cigarettes, they justify taxing ecigs because they need to replace the revenue from the lack of cigarette sales. Wow! So what this tells me is that they have become accustomed to their standard of living based on something "they" have preached for decades now that smoking should be totally obliterated. And in case anyone pops in, no, vaping is NOT smoking!!!
So when we do stop smoking cigarettes, they justify taxing ecigs because they need to replace the revenue from the lack of cigarette sales. Wow! So what this tells me is that they have become accustomed to their standard of living based on something "they" have preached for decades now that smoking should be totally obliterated. And in case anyone pops in, no, vaping is NOT smoking!!!
What kind of bone headed, numb skulled, neanderthal... oops.... Nevermind.
Just do it in the name of education and those ambiguous tax hikes will pass.
TRUE "emus"!
Around here all they need do is say, "...it's fo' da' chillun" and these ignorant self-serving NON-WORKING voters of New Mexico will vote "YES" on any issue. If they can't get the political-prostitutes to "pass a law" - they stick in an a $500,000 'Special Ballot Issue" and "PASS" it does.
Cigarettes KILL = TAX 'EM and they will quit. It will keep 'the chillun from startin'!" So "the chillun" steal 'em! We pay a higher TAX! The city leaders / state leaders SPEND MORE and ....... hike the taxes again! Then they spend $2-Million refurbishing their offices to celebrate! Graft - corruption - it is rampant in New Mexico as it is everywhere.
ALCOHOL KILLS - DRUNK DRIVING KILLS = Same TAX situation as on smokes!
PEOPLE SWITCH TO ALTERNATE 'SMOKES' = LOST REVENUE! We need HIGHER TAXES! TAX E-SMOKES and save the CHILLUN!
It always THE CHILLUN or because "we know best" how to make YOU healthy while increasing the size of our corrupt coffers (not coughers)!
Our Governor says, "I think it is bad for 'the chillun'. Let's meet at the RoundHouse in Santa Fe and talk about it .... OVER DRINKS!
TAX it for the schools? No! We pay PROPERTY TAXES to support the LOUSY schools we have; it won't help!
Senile Old Man Don .......... Dislikes ALL politicians!
Around here all they need do is say, "...it's fo' da' chillun" and these ignorant self-serving NON-WORKING voters of New Mexico will vote "YES" on any issue. If they can't get the political-prostitutes to "pass a law" - they stick in an a $500,000 'Special Ballot Issue" and "PASS" it does.
Cigarettes KILL = TAX 'EM and they will quit. It will keep 'the chillun from startin'!" So "the chillun" steal 'em! We pay a higher TAX! The city leaders / state leaders SPEND MORE and ....... hike the taxes again! Then they spend $2-Million refurbishing their offices to celebrate! Graft - corruption - it is rampant in New Mexico as it is everywhere.
ALCOHOL KILLS - DRUNK DRIVING KILLS = Same TAX situation as on smokes!
PEOPLE SWITCH TO ALTERNATE 'SMOKES' = LOST REVENUE! We need HIGHER TAXES! TAX E-SMOKES and save the CHILLUN!
It always THE CHILLUN or because "we know best" how to make YOU healthy while increasing the size of our corrupt coffers (not coughers)!
Our Governor says, "I think it is bad for 'the chillun'. Let's meet at the RoundHouse in Santa Fe and talk about it .... OVER DRINKS!
TAX it for the schools? No! We pay PROPERTY TAXES to support the LOUSY schools we have; it won't help!
Senile Old Man Don .......... Dislikes ALL politicians!
Yep! After all they have to pay for their children's college/university education.
They get enough taxes from me on my liquors and gas purchases.
If they are going to tax anything to do with e-cigs, it should be on those little cig looking ones you get when you run
out of juice. They are about worthless anyway. May as well give them a reason to keep making those little rip off deals.
I think I paid $9 for one the last time I ran out of juice. It lasted only 1 day. I won't be running out of juice anymore!
If they are going to tax anything to do with e-cigs, it should be on those little cig looking ones you get when you run
out of juice. They are about worthless anyway. May as well give them a reason to keep making those little rip off deals.
I think I paid $9 for one the last time I ran out of juice. It lasted only 1 day. I won't be running out of juice anymore!
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Please note that USA Today editors (not state legislators) want states to tax e-cigs, and are trying to deceive the public to believe that state legislators want to tax e-cigs.
USA Today has repeatedly editorialized against e-cigs, and has published many articles demonizing e-cigs that repeatedly quote lots of e-cig prohibitionists (but very few e-cig supporters).
While several bills are likely to be introduced next year in state legislatures to tax e-cigs (if CTFK, ACS, AHA, ALA and USA Today get their way), we should be able to defeat most (if not all) of those bills just as we've done since 2010 when MN legislators enacted a stealth bill to tax e-cigs (that claimed to only ban e-cig sales to minors).
USA Today has repeatedly editorialized against e-cigs, and has published many articles demonizing e-cigs that repeatedly quote lots of e-cig prohibitionists (but very few e-cig supporters).
While several bills are likely to be introduced next year in state legislatures to tax e-cigs (if CTFK, ACS, AHA, ALA and USA Today get their way), we should be able to defeat most (if not all) of those bills just as we've done since 2010 when MN legislators enacted a stealth bill to tax e-cigs (that claimed to only ban e-cig sales to minors).
Thank you Bill for being the voice of reason once again. So what you're saying is that the media, in this case USA Today, is screaming "JUMP" to get people riled up and asking "HOW HIGH?" I get it.
well Billl who is to say not all the states are gonna follow through with same manner as MN legislators did. could be easily done. Just a shame a shake my head all the time after reading this kind on garbage our governments are getting away with...
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