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Could a new nicotine tax pay for free preschool in Colorado? Advocates want to ask voters in November.
New taxes on a pack of cigarettes or vaping products would range from $1.20 to $2.60, depending on which version of the ballot proposal is selected. Currently, taxes are 84 cents a pack, among the lowest in the country.
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If Congress doesn’t raise the tobacco-purchasing age to 21, Colorado lawmakers next year will try to
By Jesse Paul Politics and Government Primary category in which blog post is published
Colorado communities do what state lawmakers wouldn’t: Raise taxes on cigarettes, vaping products
By Jennifer Brown Health Primary category in which blog post is published
Colorado’s attorney general will investigate whether Juul marketed to kids, misled on smoking cessation
By Jesse Paul Health Primary category in which blog post is published
Big tobacco is fighting Colorado’s nicotine tax bill with powerful lobbyists and a social media campaign
A company tied to cigarette-maker Philip Morris and popular vape brand Juul has spent thousands on social media ads against the tax hike. It’s also hired lobbyists from the high-powered Denver firm of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
Coloradans may face 4 spending questions this year. Will new nicotine tax measure overload the ballot?
The proposal, announced Wednesday by Gov. Jared Polis and Democratic state lawmakers, would set a uniform nicotine tax at 62 percent. That would lift the taxes on a package of cigarettes to $2.49 from 84 cents.
Colorado is set to ban vaping where smoking is already prohibited, following more than a dozen other states
House Bill 1076 cleared its first committee on Wednesday with support from the medical community and restaurants
