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Budgets/TaxesFeaturedTobaccoSan Francisco’s Proposed Flavor Ban is a Disservice to Tobacco Harm Reduction
On June 5, voters in San Francisco will vote whether the city should ban flavors, including menthol, in tobacco and vaping products. Proposition E comes a year after the San…
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GovernmentLegal AffairsLibertyPodcast
Heartland Daily Podcast – Neal Schuerer on Article V Legislation
In this Heartland Daily Podcast, Heartland’s government relations coordinator Lindsey Stroud talks with Neal Schuerer about his constitutional reform efforts through Article V of the United States Constitution. Article V…
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Budgets/TaxesPodcastTobacco
Heartland Daily Podcast [Voices of Vapers] – John Dietz: Pennsylvania’s 40% Vaping Tax
In today’s edition of The Heartland Daily Podcast, Lindsey Stroud interviews John Dietz for another segment Voices of Vapers. The podcast series highlights individuals involved in the vaping community and brings attention to efforts to adjust…
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Heartland Daily Podcast [Voices of Vapers] – Mark Block & Linda Hansen: Bringing Vapers Together
Lindsey Stroud speaks with Mark Block and Linda Hansen about how the e-cigarette industry can benefit from uniting many vaping advocates.
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Budgets/TaxesPodcast
Heartland Daily Podcast – Jeff Stier: The Government’s Misguided War on E-Cigarettes
Lindsey Stroud and Jesse Hathaway speak with Jeff Stier about the government’s misguided war on e-cigarettes and electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS).
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On Tuesday, HB 2342 advanced from the Pennsylvania House Committee on Finance with a vote 19-4 to repeal the Commonwealth’s new tax on e-cigarettes and vapor products, which is set to take effect October 1.
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Budgets/TaxesFeaturedPodcast
Heartland Daily Podcast – Chris Hughes: On the Front Lines of the FDA’s War on Vaping
Chris Hughes, owner of Fat Cat Vapor Shop, former president of the Pennsylvania chapter of the Smoke Free Alternatives Trade Association or SFATA, joins the podcast to to talk about the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s new deeming rules on vaping products and e-cigarettes.
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Last week, I spoke with Faune Riggins of KZIM-KSIM on the topic of e-cigarettes and vaporized nicotine products. Ms. Riggins and I discussed exactly what the products are, how they…
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How affordable is the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare? One just needs to look at the state of Minnesota. The state’s health insurance marketplace illustrates some of the many pitfalls of the Affordable Care Act, which has been especially hard on millennials.
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Monday, March 21, Nebraska’s Senate Revenue Committee defeated a bill that would have increased cigarette tax from 64 cents to $2.14 per pack. The bill also included language to increase…
