New SC law taxes vapes, while giving tax break to electronic tobacco devices

By: Jessica Holdman

Outlets: South Carolina Daily Gazette

Published: June 4, 2026

Words: 739

Last Updated: 1 month, 3 weeks ago

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COLUMBIA — A state law that takes effect in October newly taxes vapes and sends the money to Medicaid to help cover revenue lost by fewer South Carolinians smoking cigarettes.

The same law, signed by Gov. Henry McMaster two weeks ago, also cuts taxes in half for electronic cigarettes that — unlike vapes — actually use tobacco to deliver a nicotine kick. That prepares for sales of so-called heat-not-burn products that aren’t currently available in …

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