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4 clueless NM prohibitionists vote for a tax of 4 cents PER MG (not per ml) of nicotine.
In a 30 ml bottle of 2.4% liquid, there are 720 mg of nicotine. 4 cents * 720 mg = $28.80 tax.
UPDATE:
As its meeting today, the Tobacco Settlement Revenue Oversight Committee voted to **recommend** or not recommend the following bills be introduced in the 2015 legislature:
(Again, these are just recommendations -- Republicans have control of the House for the first time since the 1950s and Gov. Martinez is unlikely to accept any tax increases since she seems to have aspirations to run for President or Vice President, so we have a lot of room to stop the tax)
(1) RECOMMEND that e-cigarettes be taxed at 4 cents PER MG of nicotine. A 30 ml bottle of 24 mg/ml contains 720 MG, which means that a 30 ml of 2.4% nicotine would have a $28.80 tax! (4-0 -- All 4 Democrats McSorley, Trujillo, Lopez, and Papen in favor; Republicans Youngblood and Fajardo left the room for an unknown reason)
(2) RECOMMEND the re-introduction of last year's sales ban to minors that would not have classified e-cigarettes as tobacco products (3-1 -- Cisco against)
(3) DO NOT RECOMMEND a new bill that would ban sales to minors while also labeling e-cigarettes as a 'tobacco product' (2-2 -- Democrat Trujillo and Republican Youngblood against)
In a 30 ml bottle of 2.4% liquid, there are 720 mg of nicotine. 4 cents * 720 mg = $28.80 tax.
UPDATE:
As its meeting today, the Tobacco Settlement Revenue Oversight Committee voted to **recommend** or not recommend the following bills be introduced in the 2015 legislature:
(Again, these are just recommendations -- Republicans have control of the House for the first time since the 1950s and Gov. Martinez is unlikely to accept any tax increases since she seems to have aspirations to run for President or Vice President, so we have a lot of room to stop the tax)
(1) RECOMMEND that e-cigarettes be taxed at 4 cents PER MG of nicotine. A 30 ml bottle of 24 mg/ml contains 720 MG, which means that a 30 ml of 2.4% nicotine would have a $28.80 tax! (4-0 -- All 4 Democrats McSorley, Trujillo, Lopez, and Papen in favor; Republicans Youngblood and Fajardo left the room for an unknown reason)
(2) RECOMMEND the re-introduction of last year's sales ban to minors that would not have classified e-cigarettes as tobacco products (3-1 -- Cisco against)
(3) DO NOT RECOMMEND a new bill that would ban sales to minors while also labeling e-cigarettes as a 'tobacco product' (2-2 -- Democrat Trujillo and Republican Youngblood against)
