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Senate passes wholesale quantity-based tax for moist snuff despite public-health objections
Summary
Senators approved House Bill 356 to change wholesale taxation of moist snuff from a price-based ad valorem model to a quantity-based excise; proponents argued for consistent tax policy, while health groups warned it could lower costs and increase youth usage.
The Utah Senate debated and passed House Bill 356 on March 5, which converts the wholesale tax on moist snuff from an ad valorem (price-based) calculation to a uniform quantity-based excise.
Sponsor Senator Bramble said the measure seeks fairness in tax policy across tobacco products and to stop market gaming that creates winners and losers. "When you set tax policy that chooses winners and losers, these tobacco companies are gaming the system," he said,…
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