Despite academic research showing e-cigarettes are 95 percent less harmful than combustible cigarettes, lawmakers and public health “advocates” continue to wage a war on vaping, pushing for higher taxes on e-cigarettes throughout the U.S.
And it's working. Illinois and Vermont recently enacted higher e-cigarette taxes, joining ten other states that have enacted similar tax hikes since 2010. Some cities – including Chicago and D.C. – have recently implemented vaping taxes, too. The goal is to make e-cigarettes as expensive as combustible cigarettes. "We are trying to keep the tax across all nasty things the same," explained a Vermont lawmaker.
