Some fear e-cigarette tax may deter smokersSAN DIEGO--Smoking has dropped to historic lows nationwide, dramatically decreasing revenue from tobacco taxes. California became the seventh state to tax e-cigarettes with the overwhelming approval of a Nov. 8 ballot measure. Proposition 56 also will add a US$2 per pack state tax to cigarettes onto the already existing 87 cents per pack tax. "It's one of the nastiest debates I've ever seen in the public health community, and I've been researching tobacco control policies for 40 years," University of Michigan public health professor Kenneth Warner said. "If we could snap our fingers and have all smokers become e-cigarette users — and not change anything else — that would be better," he said.

Source: The China Post November 27, 2016 16:27 UTC