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===2020: [https://filtermag.org/native-american-reservations-new-york-vape-shops/ Native American Reservations a Haven for New York Vape Shops]=== | ===2020: [https://filtermag.org/native-american-reservations-new-york-vape-shops/ Native American Reservations a Haven for New York Vape Shops]=== | ||
*New York State’s 20 percent excise tax on vapor products and nearly 9 percent sales tax also do not apply to the Shinnecock and other tribes. Essentially, Silva said, patrons can spend almost 30 percent less than they normally spend, and nobody has to worry about breaking the law. | *New York State’s 20 percent excise tax on vapor products and nearly 9 percent sales tax also do not apply to the Shinnecock and other tribes. Essentially, Silva said, patrons can spend almost 30 percent less than they normally spend, and nobody has to worry about breaking the law. | ||
===2020: [https://www.forbes.com/sites/kellyphillipserb/2020/02/10/new-study-suggests-raising-taxes-on-e-cigarettes-could-encourage-traditional-smoking/?sh=4a99623757bf New Study Suggests Raising Taxes On E-Cigarettes Could Encourage Traditional Smoking]=== | |||
*Using data from 35,000 national retailers from 2011 to 2017, researchers found that for every 10% increase in e-cigarette prices, e-cigarette sales dropped 26%. But the same 10% increase in e-cigarette prices caused traditional cigarette sales to jump by 11%. | |||
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*With all good intentions to reduce the underage use of a product designed for adults, the question remains: Is increasing excise taxes to punitive levels the best way to achieve this honorable target? Punitive excise levels not only impact minors but also limit the availability of vapor products to adults, who are trying to quit smoking. | *With all good intentions to reduce the underage use of a product designed for adults, the question remains: Is increasing excise taxes to punitive levels the best way to achieve this honorable target? Punitive excise levels not only impact minors but also limit the availability of vapor products to adults, who are trying to quit smoking. | ||
*It is a principle of good taxation policy that taxes remain as neutral as possible. That means taxes should neither encourage nor discourage personal or business decisions. Legislators should pass regulations rather than adopt taxes to achieve regulatory goals. Furthermore, they should make sure that current regulations are enforced. | *It is a principle of good taxation policy that taxes remain as neutral as possible. That means taxes should neither encourage nor discourage personal or business decisions. Legislators should pass regulations rather than adopt taxes to achieve regulatory goals. Furthermore, they should make sure that current regulations are enforced. | ||
===2018: [https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/reports/2018/07/19/are-sin-taxes-healthy-for-state-budgets Are Sin Taxes Healthy for State Budgets?]=== | |||
*Taxes on vices are tempting but unreliable source of revenue. | |||
*This is the paradox of sin taxes, the class of taxes that includes tobacco. These extra dollars and cents levied on products and activities considered detrimental to consumers—traditionally tobacco, alcohol, and gambling—are intended to accomplish two contradictory goals: Like all taxes, they generate revenue for the taxing entity, but they also aim to deter the behavior being taxed—which can ultimately negate the first goal. | |||
*Research by The Pew Charitable Trusts and the Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government found that overall, tobacco tax revenue declined in over half the states. | |||
*In recent years, states have increasingly viewed sin taxes as budget fixes. | |||
*Tobacco taxes also tend to affect particular segments of the population more. Although just 14 percent of those at or above the poverty line smoke, roughly 1 in 4 adults living below the poverty line does. | |||
*With the growing appeal of e-cigarettes and legalized recreational marijuana, lawmakers are looking to both as a source of revenue to ease long-term budget challenges. Although both products offer fresh sources of funds, lawmakers would benefit from taking a cautious approach to them. Uncertainties, including long-term consumption trends and shifts in the black market, make returns difficult to forecast. As with tobacco, alcohol, and gambling taxes, new levies on marijuana and e-cigarettes may provide short-term revenue gains. Their ability to be sustainable long-term revenue sources capable of funding ongoing expenditures, however, is unclear. | |||
*State regulations have already had significant effects on suppliers. In Pennsylvania, for example, more than 100 shops have closed since a tax—40 percent of wholesale value—went into effect in October 2016. Wide disparities in state tax rates probably incentivize smuggling and tax evasion; high tax rates could fuel a black market. | |||
===2016:[https://itep.org/cigarette-taxes-issues-and-options-1/ Cigarette Taxes: Issues and Options]=== | |||
*Since 2002, nearly every state has enacted a cigarette tax in-crease to fund health care, discourage smoking, or to help balance state budgets. | |||
*Cigarette taxes are regressive: that is, low- and middle-income taxpayers pay more of their income in these taxes, on average, than do upper-income families. | |||
*If a state is relying on the revenue from the tax to fund programs or supplement a state budget, however, it is important to note that the revenues raised by cigarette taxes are unlikely to be sustainable in the long-run, and that their impact will fall disproportionately on lower-income individuals. | |||
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===2019: CBS News: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Idx0bnoTq3g E-cigarette tax could deter smokers from quitting, study says]=== | ===2019: CBS News: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Idx0bnoTq3g E-cigarette tax could deter smokers from quitting, study says]=== | ||
*Economists say that imposing a federal tax on vaping could discourage millions of smokers from kicking the habit. | *Economists say that imposing a federal tax on vaping could discourage millions of smokers from kicking the habit. | ||
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===[https://www.thr101.org/search-results/q-Taxes/qc-blogs Several Posts ABout Taxes on THR101]=== | ===[https://www.thr101.org/search-results/q-Taxes/qc-blogs Several Posts ABout Taxes on THR101]=== | ||
*Several posts on vaping and taxes | *Several posts on vaping and taxes | ||
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===[https://safernicotine.wiki/mediawiki/index.php/Nicotine_-_Banning_Flavors_-_Opposition Nicotine - Banning Flavors - Opposition]=== | ===[https://safernicotine.wiki/mediawiki/index.php/Nicotine_-_Banning_Flavors_-_Opposition Nicotine - Banning Flavors - Opposition]=== | ||
* | *Tax increases often have some of the same reasons for opposition, including the increase in a black market, safety of illecit products, tax evasion, and more law enforcement involvement due to black markets. | ||
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