{"id":20797,"date":"2020-03-02T20:19:58","date_gmt":"2020-03-03T01:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/?p=20797"},"modified":"2020-03-02T20:19:58","modified_gmt":"2020-03-03T01:19:58","slug":"vaping-news-alberta-canada-20-vape-tax-encourages-black-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/archives\/20797","title":{"rendered":"VAPING NEWS: ALBERTA, CANADA [20% Vape Tax Encourages Black Market]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-offset-key=\"1jinc-0-0\">&#8220;The UCP government announced the levy \u2014 that will impact both THC and nicotine vaping products \u2014 in its 2020-2021 budget unveiled last week, as a way to discourage use among minors. But some of those in the province\u2019s legal cannabis sector say it adds another layer of taxes on vaping products that will encourage consumers to turn to a much cheaper illicit market or stay loyal to black market suppliers.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>ARTICLE LINK:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/calgaryherald.com\/cannabis\/cannabis-business\/provincial-vape-tax-gift-to-black-market-says-legal-cannabis-industry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Provincial vape tax gift to black market<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/dot.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Reddit\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"VAPING%20NEWS%3A%20ALBERTA%2C%20CANADA%20%5B20%25%20Vape%20Tax%20Encourages%20Black%20Market%5D\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The UCP government announced the levy \u2014 that will impact both THC and nicotine vaping products \u2014 in its 2020-2021 budget unveiled last week, as&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[147],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vaping-news","wpcat-147-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20797"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20797\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20798,"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20797\/revisions\/20798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}