Intended Consequences
By Mitch Berg
Remember when the Minnesota DFL made all sorts of noises about wanting people to quit smoking?
Apparently they only want them to quit the right way. Lyle Koenen (DFL), has introduced a bill (SF 2025) that would jack up taxes on e-cigarette vapor products by 800%.
Clearly, the goal is to try to gut sales of e-cigarettes – which would seem to be cutting into the state’s lucrative racket, picking the pockets of tobacco users.
It’s very worth a call to your legislator. Ask them why they want to drive people back to tobacco.
April 16th, 2015 at 2:41 pm
The problem, of course, with e-cigs is that no one declared them to be a boon to the poor or disadvantaged. This is the land of 10,000 taxes. OF COURSE they’ll be taxed out of existence.
April 16th, 2015 at 9:05 pm
Clever how the tobacco industry is getting kids hooked on nicotine with e-cigs. Nothing like an addictive product for corporate profits.
February 24th, 2016 at 6:00 am
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