Publications
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Testimony Before the New Hampshire Senate Ways and Means Committee on a Bill That Would Reduce The Tobacco Tax For "Modified Risk Tobacco Products"
Publication -Testimony -Samantha Fillmore testifies before the New Hampshire Senate Ways and Means Committee on Senate Bill 314, a bill that would reduce the tobacco tax for “modified risk tobacco products” as defined and regulated by the USDHHS -
Research & Commentary: New Hampshire Senate Proposes Bill to Lower Taxes on Vaping to Promote Cigarette Cessation
Publication -Research and Commentaries -In this Research & Commentary, Samantha Fillmore examines a Senate Bill in New Hampshire that would reduce the tobacco tax for “modified risk tobacco products” -
Research & Commentary: Arbitrary Alcohol Sales Laws Could be Coming to an End in Texas
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Texas could be the next state in line to roll back prohibition-era alcohol sales laws, making purchasing for customers more convenient, and the market more competitive. -
Research & Commentary: Illinois Proposes E-Cigarette Flavor Ban By Christina Herrin
Publication -Research and Commentaries -In this Research & Commentary, Christina Herrin evaluates an Illinois Senate Bill that would ban flavored e-cigarettes. -
RESEARCH & COMMENTARY: MONTANA PROPOSAL WOULD REVERSE LOCAL NICOTINE PRODUCT AND INDOOR VAPING REGULATIONS
Publication -Research and Commentaries -In this Research & Commentary, Christina Herrin evaluates a bill moving through the Montana Legislature that may remove nicotine-product and indoor vaping regulations. -
Research and Commentary: San Francisco Considering Bill that Would Outlaw Smoking in Most Apartment Buildings
Publication -Research and Commentaries -San Francisco's City Board of Supervisors advancing legislation that will impede on renter's rights by banning smoking inside private dwellings. -
Research & Commentary: Minnesota City Pushes Flavor Ban Proposals, Disregarding Concerns of Small Business Owners
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Minnesota city pushing forward with a plan to draft and codify a city ordinance banning flavored vaping products despite many already-struggling small business owners pleading for an alternative. -
The Leaflet: Joe Biden’s Disturbing Connections to The Radical Great Reset
Publication -The Leaflet -The Heartland Institute highlights GR's latest work. -
Research & Commentary: Baltimore’s Proposed E-Cigarette Tax Is a Defective Way To Cure Budget Shortfalls
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Proposed Baltimore E-Cigarette Tax is a Faulty and Disingenuous Way to Attempt to Recover Lost Revenue -
The Leaflet: Zero Carbon Grid Would Cost $18 to $29 Trillion, New Study Says
Publication -The Leaflet -The Heartland Institute highlights GR's latest work. -
Research & Commentary: Michigan Governor Proposes Flavor Ban That Would Further Harm Small Businesses
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s coordination with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is leading to new executive rulemaking processes that will allow the governor to enact a permanent flavor ban without legislative process. -
Testimony Before The Phoenix City Council Public Safety and Justice Subcommittee
Publication -Testimony -Testimony before the Phoenix City Council regarding a potential city ordinance that would place a ban on flavored nicotine products and flavored tobacco products in Phoenix. -
Research & Commentary: Phoenix Flavor Ban Would Harm Small Businesses with Little Chance of Curbing Youth Tobacco Consumption
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Phoenix Facing Potential City Ordinance That Would Ban the Sale of Flavored Nicotine Products and Harm Businesses Despite COVID-19 Economic Struggles -
Research & Commentary: City of Chicago Flavor Ban Unlikely to Reduce Youth Vaping, May Boost Black Market
Publication -Research and Commentaries -The local ordinance would ban sales of flavored liquid nicotine products. -
Research & Commentary: Georgia’s Vaping Tax Increase Is an Unreliable Source of Funding During Shaky Times
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Senate Bill 375 will be crossing Gov. Brian Kemp's desk and would impose a 7 percent tax on vaping products. In the midst of the coronavirus-related recession this may inadvertently harm employment in the vaping industry in Georgia. -
Research & Commentary: California E-cigarette and Vapor Tax Increase Would Harm Tobacco Cessation Efforts
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Governor Newsom released a revised budget proposal that includes a large vapor tax increase that will harm the tobacco cessation efforts in the golden state. -
Research & Commentary: Florida Flavor Ban Would Not Curb Youth Vaping Use, Will Hurt Businesses
Publication -Research and Commentaries -A proposed bill in the Florida Legislature would ban the sale of flavored nicotine products and have substantial effects on the Sunshine State's economy. -
Research & Commentary: Virginia Should Not Raise Taxes on Tobacco Products or Levy New Taxes on Tobacco Harm Reduction Products
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Proposal would increase cigarette taxes to $0.60 per pack, double the other tobacco products tax, and create a new tax on liquid nicotine at $0.066 per milliliter. -
Research & Commentary: Flavor Ban Is Wrong Policy to Reduce Hawaiian Youth E-Cigarette Use
Publication -Research and Commentaries -In 2017, only only 3.5 percent of Hawaiian high school students reported using e-cigarettes daily and only 1.2 percent reported smoking combustible cigarettes daily. -
Research & Commentary: Colorado Flavor Ban Disregards Tobacco Harm Reduction, Won’t Reduce Youth E-Cigarette Use
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Colorado proposal would ban the sales of all flavored tobacco products, including cigars, cigarettes, and e-cigarettes. -
Research & Commentary: Minnesota Flavor Ban Will Vaporize Harm Reduction, Won’t Impact Youth Tobacco and E-Cigarette Use
Publication -Research and Commentaries -In 2019, only 77.6 percent and 64.8 percent of 9th and 11th grade students, respectively, reported having never used an e-cigarette or vaping device. -
Research & Commentary: Kentucky Should Not Rely on Vaping Bills for Funding Woes
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Proposed legislation would define and license "enhanced vapor products," as well as apply the state's tobacco tax to vaping products. -
Research & Commentary: Flavors Are Not Reason Vermont Youth Use E-Cigarettes
Publication -Research and Commentaries -In 2019, only 10 percent of Vermont high school students that were current e-cigarette users, cited flavors as a primary reason for e-cigarette use. -
Research & Commentary: Oregon Flavor Ban Would Vaporize Tobacco Harm Reduction
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Proposed legislation would snuff out a $215 million industry, yet, in 2019, 78.6 percent of Oregon 11th graders reported not using a vapor product in the 30 days prior.