Utah Governor wants to tax ecigs

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Governor Herbert wants to tax e-cigarette sales in Utah, bring in $10M | The Salt Lake Tribune

Herbert, who boasted his budget is free of tax increases, says he doesn't consider the new e-cigarette tax to be a tax hike, but rather a change in the way the state treats the products.


"It's just saying, 'Here's a product that should fit under the umbrella of tobacco,' " Herbert said in an interview with The Tribune. "It's a health issue and there are some that think this new e-cigarette that young people are getting hooked on, that's straight nicotine with good flavors and all that stuff that makes it attractive, should be taxed just like we tax tobacco."

 

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Taxing ecigs is how he wants to protect his cigarette tax. Merchant of death is he.