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House panel approves vaping tax, would levy $1.15 a Juul pod

By Cassidy Morrison
Published October 23, 2019 8:59pm ET
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House panel approves vaping tax, would levy $1.15 a Juul pod
Richmonder Coleman Wheeler emits a cloud of smoke from a vape pipe at a local vape shop in Richmond, Va., Friday, Jan. 18, 2019. Tobacco-friendly Virginia is preparing to raise the age limit on buying traditional and electric cigarettes from 18 to 21. | (Steve Helber/AP)

The House Ways and Means Committee approved a nicotine vaping tax measure Wednesday. It would be the first tax imposed on nicotine liquids.

Democrat Tom Suozzi, one of the bill’s authors, said the point of the legislation was to increase vaping product prices to the point at which teens could not afford them and rates of teen vaping would decrease.

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