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Lawsuits Seek $37.5 Million From Tobacco Companies In Death Of 2 Oregonians
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The estates of the two people, who both died in 2018, are suing Philip Morris USA, RJ Reynolds and others.
Election Likely To Hand Budget Writers $330 Million, Mostly For Medicaid
The revenue is projected to stem from the passage of Measure 108, which raises tobacco taxes and creates a new tax on vaping products.
Hospitals Contribute Heavily to Measure 108
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The measure would increase the tax on tobacco and create a tax on vaping products in hopes of reducing smoking and vaping.
Hospital Systems Support Tobacco Tax Measure
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The measure would add $2 to a pack of cigarettes in Oregon, which has the lowest cigarette taxes on the West Coast. It would also tax vaping products.
More Vapers Are Making Their Own Juice, But Not Without Risks
Danielle Jones sits at her dining room table, studying the recipe for Nerd Lyfe (v2) vape juice.
Bipartisan Senate Votes to Raise Tobacco Age to 21
A bipartisan group of senators voted 19-8 on Thursday to raise the tobacco age to 21, matching the age of purchase and sale for alcohol and marijuana in Oregon.
Monnes Anderson Push to License Tobacco Retailers off to Rocky Start
The renewed push to require tobacco and nicotine sales to have a state retail license got off to a shaky start this week, with the hard-fought bipartisan compromise achieved in previous sessions replaced by a renewed political divide between the business community and state and county public heal
Tobacco Reduction Advisory Committee eyes California’s proposed $2 tobacco tax
David Hopkins of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is “optimistic” that California’s tobacco tax on the November ballot will be successful because the last attempt, in 2012, only narrowly failed. California’s tobacco tax now is just half the national average.
Senate Wants Tobacco Licensing While House Goes for E-Cig Tax
Sen. Laurie Monnes Anderson, D-Gresham, and Sen. Elizabeth Steiner Hayward, D-Portland, appear determined to push through a state law requiring a license to sell tobacco and e-cigarettes to the public, but they face opposition from unlikely quarters.
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