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Cigarette Tax Hike, Vape Tax Pass First Committee Hurdle
(INDIANAPOLIS) Legislators have taken the first step toward doubling Indiana’s cigarette tax, but the proposal has a long way to go.
The House Public Health Committee voted 8-3 to double the tax to two dollars a pack, the first
increase in 14 years, and to tax e-cigarettes for the first time at $1.56 for a two-pod package. A
preliminary estimate projects the increase would bring in $278 million.
The committee had put off a vote Monday to draft language specifying 40% of the money
raised an estimated $112 million would go to Medicaid. Crown Point Republican Julie
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Grown recently launched the Shop Indiana Grown online marketplace connecting Hoosiers directly to local vendors and products, according to state Reps. Don Lehe (R-Brookston) and Sharon Negele