{"id":22771,"date":"2020-10-02T12:10:27","date_gmt":"2020-10-02T16:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/?p=22771"},"modified":"2020-10-02T12:10:27","modified_gmt":"2020-10-02T16:10:27","slug":"vaping-news-state-ranked-vape-regulations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/archives\/22771","title":{"rendered":"VAPING NEWS: STATE RANKED VAPE REGULATIONS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-offset-key=\"a4kdr-1-0\">&#8220;The Consumer Choice Center (CCC) has published an index ranking each U.S. state on the consumer-friendliness of its vapor regulations. Rankings are assigned based on a legislative actions, including restrictions, taxation, and online sales prohibitions. According to the index, California is the \u201cworst state for vaping.\u201d New York, California, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Rhode Island are also among the least consumer-friendly states. Excessive flavor bans, taxes, and prohibitions on online commerce grow the black-market sector and harm consumers who want less harmful alternatives to smoking. If states want to innovate in 2020 and provide adult smokers with an alternative that is less harmful, they should look to reform their state laws to better accommodate this new technology that is helping millions.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>NOTE:<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #ffcc00\"><em>Colorado will likely plummet in the near future, as they have heavy vape product taxation on the election ballot under <a style=\"color: #ffcc00\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/archives\/22730\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Proposition EE<\/a>, and are also pushing for complete flavor bans. In fact, under their proposed regulations, cigarettes would be taxed at a lower rate than vape products, and they admitted they are intentionally taxing the vape products in order to cover their budget shortfalls which they mismanaged.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>ARTICLE LINK:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tobaccoreporter.com\/2020\/10\/02\/states-ranked-on-vapor-regulations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">States Ranked on Vapor Regulations<\/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%20STATE%20RANKED%20VAPE%20REGULATIONS\";<\/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 Consumer Choice Center (CCC) has published an index ranking each U.S. state on the consumer-friendliness of its vapor regulations. 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