UPDATE: Legislative session has ended while H2 remained in the Committee of Way and Means.

Senate President Pro Tem Tim Ashe said there’s little chance of any further debate on the e-cigarette tax or any other initiative in H.2, which is a miscellaneous tax bill. “It’ll probably wait until next year,” Ashe said in an article on June 14, 2018. NOTE: Ashe said he didn’t hear as much opposition to the tax as he had in previous years. “This time, it was a little bit more subdued,” he said.

This tax may be reintroduced in the 2019.

(Update – 05.25.18)

The tax language that would enact a 46% wholesale tax on vapor products is being reintroduced as part of H. 2 in Vermont’s special session.

Please take action NOW by sending a message to House and Senate Leaders as well as your lawmakers urging them to reject new taxes on vaping!

Take Action – Send a Message

We also strongly recommend Vermont members to continue calling

Senator Tim Ashe: (802) 828-3806

Representative Mitzi Johnson: (802) 828-2245

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Make sure you tell them where you are calling from and;

that you are opposed to enacting new, unfair taxes on vapor products .

Politely urge them to reject any proposal of new taxes on vapor products that might be introduced in the special session.

Share your story about switching to vaping and;

what it would mean to you if vaping was not an affordable alternative to smoking.

You don’t have to fit all of that in (and you might not have time), but pick the most important points to discuss on your call.

Tell us how the call went by sending feedback to [email protected].

(Update – 05.22.18)

Last week, Governor Scott followed through with his promise to keep new taxes off the books in Vermont by vetoing H. 922. But now, the bill is heading back to the legislature for a special session and possible veto override.

The version of H. 922 that was sent to the governor did not include a 46% tax on vapor products. But this proposal could come back in the special session.

We need your help to urge the Senate President Pro Tem, Tim Ashe, and the House Speaker, Mitzi Johnson, to keep the vapor language out of the discussion.

Please take action today by calling:

Senator Tim Ashe: (802) 828-3806

Representative Mitzi Johnson: (802) 828-2245

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Make sure you tell them where you are calling from and;

that you are opposed to enacting new, unfair taxes on vapor products .

Politely urge them to reject any proposal of new taxes on vapor products that might be introduced in the special session.

Share your story about switching to vaping and;

what it would mean to you if vaping was not an affordable alternative to smoking.

You don’t have to fit all of that in (and you might not have time), but pick the most important points to discuss on your call.

Tell us how the call went by sending feedback to [email protected].

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(Update – 05.11.18)

Vermont’s HB 922, which would enact a 46% wholesale tax on vapor products and is necessary to implement the state’s budget, is likely to pass the legislature soon–maybe even today. The bill then heads to Governor Scott’s desk for a final signature.

But Governor Scott is signaling that he will veto any new taxes on Vermonters.

Call the Governor’s office and urge him to keep his promise and veto new taxes on vapor products.

Call Gov. Scott: 802.828.3333

Please also take a moment today and send a message to your governor urging him to keep his promise and reject HB 922!

Take Action – Send a Message!

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(Update – 04.09.18)

HB 922, which would impose a 46% wholesale tax on vapor products, has been scheduled for a hearing on

Wednesday, April 11, 2018

15 minutes after floor (1:00 PM)

Senate Committee on Finance

Room 6

115 State Street

Montpelier, VT 05633

Please note: This is not a public hearing. Spoken testimony is being accepted by invitation only. Although opposition to this tax will be presented, the voice of consumer stakeholders is conspicuously absent.

In advance of the hearing, please make contact with Finance Committee members and urge them to reject this tax.

Take Action – Send a Message!

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(Original Post – 04.02.18)

A bill, H. 922, moving through the Vermont Senate includes a provision which would impose a 46% wholesale tax on vapor products. After passing the House with an amendment that reduced the proposed tax down to its current rate, H. 922 has been referred to the Senate Committee on Finance.

At this time, no hearing has been scheduled, but that could change at any moment.

Please take action TODAY by sending a message

to your Vermont Senator and members of the Committee on Finance

urging them to reject this unreasonable tax.

In 2016, Pennsylvania enacted a similar 40% wholesale tax which closed nearly a third of the vapor businesses operating in the state. But most recently, Vermont’s neighbor to the west, New York, rejected a proposal to enact a wholesale tax on vaping as part of the state’s FY 2019 budget.

Take Action – Send a Message!

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