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Senate advances comprehensive e-cigarette bill creating new tax and enforcement funding

Utah State Senate · February 28, 2020
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Summary

Second substitute SB37 would treat e-cigarettes like tobacco for regulation, ban sales to minors and mail purchases, and impose a 56% tax on manufacturers' price with proceeds dedicated to public-health programs and enforcement; the Senate advanced the bill after floor discussion about penalties and funding uses.

The Utah Senate advanced second substitute Senate Bill 37, a comprehensive measure that would bring e-cigarettes under many of the same regulatory rules as tobacco products, add a new excise tax, and fund enforcement and public-health activities.

Sen. Christiansen told the chamber…

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