A customer exhales vapor from an electronic cigarette. By Laurie McGinley Laurie McGinley Reporter covering health and medicine Email Bio Follow March 11 at 1:54 PM The e-cigarette industry would pay $100 million a year in user fees under the Trump administration budget proposal released Monday. The funds would go to beefed-up regulatory oversight by the Food and Drug Administration.
Overall, the administration is asking for $6.1 billion in FDA funding, a $418.5 million boost over current law. A big chunk, $2.8 billion, involves user fees from the drug, device and other industries, as well as the proposed e-cigarette fee. The budget request includes increases to promote medical-product innovation, food safety and blood-supply safety.
Liz Mair, a strategist for Vapers United, criticized the user-fee proposal. “This is a tax, not a ‘user fee,’" she said."‘User fee’ is lingo that Republicans and conservative Democrats use when they’re about to hike taxes but don’t want to admit that’s what they’re doing.” She added that the government should pursue policies to keep vaping taxes low and to encourage adult smokers to switch to e-cigarettes.
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen welcomed the user-fee proposal, noting it was similar to legislation she recently introduced. “I hope to work with the administration as I rally bipartisan support for my legislation in Congress,” she said. So far, no Republicans have signed on.
Directly to this hidden bank account
Sure the surgeon general warns against it, but it makes money!
It's addictive & just as bad for you as smoking cigarettes, but it's profitable!
How about he makes that proposal but to oil companies. Or mining. Or tobacco.
It's a great idea. ...If you want to kill small businesses (80% of the industry) and leave only Big Tobacco (which has pockets deep enough to pay without flinching).
These liberals and their big government! IrememberwhenConservativeswereconservative
So sayeth the demagogue of anti regulation. I guess regulations that generate funding to fill the deficit he created are okay. Plus, it makes the tobacco industry happy since they are taking a market hit. Trumpism: Cater to the money and to H with our country.
Isn't the GOP the party of deregulation?
Where are all the tea party and small government idiots? business mmfa TheAtlantic WSJ latimes HuffPostPol dailykos kasie GuardianUS chicagotribune
A suggestion from Big Tobacco?
'I get 80% of that right? cuz I'm president. That's how Vlad says it works in mother Russia...' WorstPresidentEver
Which mar o lago member pushed for that this weekend?
I will give credit where it is due - this is a good idea.
I want a hundred million dollar user fee On fancy country golf clubs
Yang2020
Vaping = stupid
Checks made out to IvankaTrump
Payments made out to Trump himself.
Well, I can agree with that one. I hate those things. People think they can use them anywhere!
Do you mean 'excise tax'... or did Trump use the words 'user fees' because he's mentally deficient?
And he also wants a $100 million allowance for Ivanka's play job. What a coincidence!
WIN 2020 TRUMP