SC senators advance taxes on vapes, reduced taxes for electronic tobacco devices

By: Jessica Holdman

Outlets: South Carolina Daily Gazette

Published: March 11, 2026

Words: 664

Last Updated: 4 months, 3 weeks ago

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COLUMBIA — Legislators could cut tobacco taxes in half for a relatively new kind of electronic cigarette not yet available in South Carolina stores, while increasing taxes on vapes.

Companies have billed both vapes and the heated tobacco products as less dangerous tools to help cigarette smokers quit. But health organizations warn that all tobacco products are harmful.

Still, opposition from the American Heart Association and the American Cancer Society was not enough …

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