Electronic Cigarettes Remain Top Tax Target For Politicians

For decades, lawmakers have used the negative health consequences associated with tobacco use as a justification to raise tobacco taxes. In fact, over just the last thirteen years, federal and state governments have raised tobacco excise taxes more than 120 times. The argument has always been that smoking is bad [...]

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