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Tobacco in the United States

Current ideas on direct changes to document:

E-Cig Legislation

 * As of December 31, 2021, 33 states (Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Utah, Vermont and Washington), the District of Columbia have passed legislation that requires a retail license to sell e-cigarettes over-the-counter.
 * Enacted as of December 31, 2021, all 50 states have passed legislation prohibiting the sale of e-cigarettes to underage persons.
 * Starting December 31, 2021, 30 states (California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming), and the District of Columbia have passed legislation that requires a tax on e-cigarettes. Twelve states (Connecticut, Delaware, Kansas, Louisiana, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin) tax e-cigarettes per milliliter of liquid or consumable material. Fifteen states (California, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Utah, Vermont, and Wyoming), the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands tax e-cigarettes on a percentage of a specified cost. Georgia, Kentucky, New Hampshire and New Mexico tax closed e-cigarette systems (prefilled cartridges) per milliliter of liquid and open e-cigarette systems (refillable cartridges) on a percentage of a specified cost.

Within the United States, all 50 states have differing laws and regulations on how electronic cigarette and vaping product purchases are both taxed and regulated in their respective States. It is common to see these regulations change within time, as many states are still currently trying to curtail the issue of Underage tobacco usage, with changes such as federal age mandates.

E-Cig Taxes by State


 * Key

VALM: Manufacturer Price/Wholesale Purchase Price

VALW: Wholesale Sales Price

VALWD: Wholesale Sales Price with Discount

VAL: Selling Price



Lobbying and organizations[edit]
There has been intensive lobbying in the US to portray smoking as a harmless activity. The Insider is a 1999 feature film about the production of a news segment exposing Big Tobacco. The raising influence Social Media has on new generations of teens has provided new platforms for anti-smoking organizations. A prime example is TruthOrange sponsoring YouTube's content creators to include their ads. As well as using YouTube's ads algorithm to provide their target audience, teens, a thirty second ad.

Lobbyists include:


 * Advancement of Sound Science Center
 * DEBUNKIFY
 * Tobacco Institute
 * Golden LEAF Foundation
 * Youth Tobacco Cessation Collaborative
 * WhiteLies.tv
 * Truth (anti-tobacco campaign)

Current smoking among adults in 2016 (nation)

Overall, it is estimated that 5.66 million adults in the US population reported current vaping 2.3%. From those users in the population, more than 2.21 million were current cigarette smokers (39.1%), more than 2.14 million were former smokers (37.9%), and more than 1.30 million were never smokers (23.1%).

Statistics in 2018 estimated that about 14.9% of adults (18 and over) had ever used e-cigarettes, and around 3.2% of all adults in the United States were current e-cigarette users. These same stats also noted that 34 million U.S. adults were current smokers, with E-cigarette usage being highest among current smokers and former smokers who are attempting or have recently quit cigarettes.

The 2010s within the United states saw both the advent and uptick in the prevalence of vaping among American youths. Electronic cigarettes are one of the most up and coming forms of nicotine delivery for U.S Consumers. The first commercial e-cigarette hit the markets in 2006 Reports in 2018 estimated that youth vaping is present among 27.5% of the youth population. This is a stark comparison to the 5.5% of reported youths within the United States who smoke combustible nicotine such as cigarettes.

The prevalence of vaping in minors by age

Impact and Effects of E-cigarettes
E cigarettes are described as “an electronic atomization cigarette that functions as substitutes [sic] for quitting smoking and cigarette substitutes”. Major multinational tobacco companies have inserted themselves into the E-cigarette market. E-cigarettes are advertised through television, the internet, and via print advertisements. E-cigarettes evolved from delivery systems, to customizable devices that deliver a multitude of different drugs. E-cigarettes were originally meant to be used as substitutes to traditional tobacco materials, but slowly turned into delivering drugs such as THC (the intoxicating compound in marijuana), methamphetamine, fentanyl, and synthetic cannabinoids. Research was done that resulted in discovering that third and fourth generation devices “allow for alternative products, such as plant materials and [drug containing] waxes, to be vaped.” There are vapes that are designed so the e-liquid can drip directly onto the heating coil. The liquid dripping increases the taste and the strength of the inhaled vapor. Fourth generation vapors can be adjusted and add different types of heating coils. There are fourth generation vapors intended for vaporizing solids instead of liquids. E-cigarette users were discovered to tweak their vaporizer by changing the heat coil resistance and battery power to strengthen their vaping experience and to deliver more drug into the aerosol.

List of sources and what sections they fit into:

1. Electronic cigarettes are one of the most up and coming forms of nicotine delivery for U.S Consumers. The first commercial e-cigarette hit the markets in 2006 ( source: https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/evolution-and-impact-electronic-cigarettes#:~-text=Electronic%20cigarettes%2C%20first%20introduced%20in,a%20range%200f%20illicit%20drugs . E37).

2. Idea- adding a section for potential dangers of electronic cigarettes as well as their uses for substances other than nicotine. According to the same source, it states that "new generations of the personal vaporizers are increasingly being used to deliver drugs such as THC (the intoxicating compound in marijuana), methamphetamine, fentanyl, and synthetic cannabinoids". The dangers and other potential uses of an electronic cigarette can be consolidated potentially into one section.

3. Discusses the health hazards, increase accessibility/availability and how society normalizing it can peer pressure non-smokers into trying it https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7186084/

4.  Goes into detail what e-cigs are and describes what is in e-cigarettes as well as talking about the marketing of the product. https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.114.007667

5.  This source goes in depth about the public health consequences of e-cigarettes, it also goes into the background of e-cigarettes and the rise of them, it also talks about the e cigarette devices themselves.https://www.google.com/books/edition/Public_Health_Consequences_of_E_Cigare tt/jQhgDwAAQBAJ? hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=e+cigarettes&pg=PR1&printsec=frontcover

6. This source talks about the rise of cannabis vaping, and there is surveyed data that is displayed, particularly in younger users 	https://www.proquest.com/docview/2571153743?pq-origsite=gscholar&fromopenview=tr Source speaks on rise of e-cigs and e-cig regulations https://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?collection=journals&handle=hein.journals/lewclr25&id=860&men_tab=srchresults

This source goes into the state legislation about tax rates, prohibitions and selling restrictions put on vapes. https://www.cdc.gov/statesystem/factsheets/ecigarette/ECigarette.html

7. Addresses the increase in use of vaporized tobacco products within the teen population of the United States. As well, dives into topics such as whether the age to purchase tobacco should be raised on a federal level and other proactive measures to prevent the current increase in youth vaping. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/brown-center-chalkboard/2019/11/22/the-youth-vaping-epidemic-addressing-the-rise-of-e-cigarettes-in-schools/