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House approves higher tobacco and nicotine taxes to fund prevention and cessation
Summary
The House passed second-substitute HB 337 adjusting tobacco taxation (including bringing nicotine pouches and e-cigarettes under revised tax rates) to fund prevention and cessation programs; supporters cited health-care cost savings, opponents warned of affordability and black-market risks. Vote: 47–20.
Representative Sam Clancy presented the second substitute to HB 337, a revenue and public-health measure that increases taxes on combustible tobacco and adjusts the tax treatment of emerging nicotine products (moving nicotine pouches into the e-cigarette tax category at a 56% rate under the substitute). Clancy said the goal is to deter initiation, help adults quit, and fund programs such as quit lines and youth prevention efforts.
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