Legislative leaders indicate the tobacco tax increase Governor Kim Reynolds proposed does not have enough support among her fellow Republicans to win approval in the legislature, but Senate Republican Leader Mike Klimesh says another part of the governor’s plan merits consideration.
Vaping supplies are currently subject to Iowa’s six percent sales tax. Governor Reynolds has proposed a 15 percent tax on so-called e-cigarettes or “vapes” and the liquids that turn into vapors that deliver the nicotine hit.
Governor Reynolds has said raising the cigarette tax is one way to respond to alarming lung cancer rates in the state and reduce smoking.
