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George Chapman: Vaping will raise health care costs in Utah

Three and a half years ago, Rep. Joel Briscoe and I had an commentary in The Salt Lake Tribune (“Come to the caucuses, young people; the parties need you”) that expressed admiration for young men and women in high school organizing to support a bill to tax electronic cigarette products. We pointed out that “some of the liquids used in vaping contain food additives that were not meant to be inhaled into the lungs.”

Rep. Paul Ray’s HB333 — a bill to impose higher taxes on vaping equipment — did not pass the Legislative committee that day.