New legislation aimed to reduce vape use may result in store closures

[5150sick]

https://vtdigger.org/2019/06/17/new-legislation-aimed-reduce-vape-use-may-result-store-closures/

I've been saying it over and over (even in the comments) if the cheapest ecigarette costs more than the cheapest pack of cigarettes then what do "price increases" actually achieve?

Common sense would be to tax the most deadly products at a higher rate in order to at least push the 15% of the population that WILL NEVER quit nicotine toward the least deadly option(s).

 

[PoppaVic]

Frankly, the "sin-taxes" are an abomination anyway.

This is about leeching all the dollars they can, pocketing as much as they can, as fast as they can - and "Save The Children!" is the battlecry. Being rationale and planning-ahead is beyond the yahoo's.