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Senate approves nicotine tax changes, expanding levies on alternative nicotine products

Utah State Senate · March 5, 2026
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Summary

Senators passed a substituted nicotine tax bill increasing cigarette and alternative nicotine product taxes and exempting cessation products; the floor accepted a late substitute removing moist snuff and the sixth substitute passed by roll call (26–0).

The Utah Senate passed a substituted version of House Bill 337 to modify nicotine product taxes, increasing the cigarette tax and creating new levies on alternative nicotine products and certain e‑liquids while exempting nicotine‑cessation products.

Senator Stevenson, the sponsor, outlined the rationale: rising use of…

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