All posts tagged "tobacco tax"
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Lawmakers fund cessation efforts but retreat on more sweeping tobacco taxes and regulations
With the 130th Maine Legislature’s second session completed, except for a veto day...
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Senate tables measure to expand RCV to municipal elections
During a joint session of the Maine Legislature on March 24, the Senate...
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Tobacco provisions stripped from bill in HHS Committee to repurpose the Fund for a Healthy Maine
The Maine Legislature’s Committee on Health and Human Services (HHS) voted to advance...
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Health committee holds hearing on bill to increase tobacco tax, impose flavor ban
The Maine Legislature’s Committee on Health and Human Services (HHS) convened on February...
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Appropriations Committee removes flavored tobacco ban from final budget agreement
A measure that would have compensated for the expected loss in revenue from...
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Raising tobacco taxes will hurt residents, businesses struggling to recover post-pandemic
The nonpartisan Revenue Forecasting Committee met recently and determined Maine is in a...
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Tobacco tax increase would reduce revenue, hurt the poor and undermine safe alternatives
The 100 percent increase in taxes on all tobacco products as proposed recently...
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Maine lawmakers are moving in the wrong direction on vaping
Following a national trend, Maine lawmakers decided in June to raise taxes on...
