Lawmakers are considering a tax for vape products. Vape shops warn it could fuel a dangerous black

[TexasTowelie]

Lawmakers are considering a tax for vape products. Vape shops warn it could fuel a dangerous black market.


It used to be that Jay Taylor smoked his first cigarette — a Marlboro Red — before getting out of bed in the morning. By the time most days were over, he would have smoked three packs.

Taylor worked at UNOS, which manages organ transplants, so he knew that smoking degraded his lungs, heart and other vital organs. But he couldn’t stop, until he was introduced to vaping.

“I approached it as a way to cut back,” he said. “Within 48 hours, I didn’t want a cigarette.”

Taylor left his job at UNOS to open one of the first vape shops in Virginia in 2013. It’s still open today in Chesterfield County. He’s also president of the Virginia Smoke Free Association, which lobbies policymakers on behalf of the state’s 400 vape shops.

Read more: https://www.virginiamercury.com/2019/10/10/lawmakers-are-considering-a-tax-for-vape-products-vape-shops-warn-it-could-fuel-a-dangerous-black-market/