As Peter Hajek, a professor at Queen Mary University of London, put it, Regulators need to watch out for intended consequences of overzealous regulation, such as stifling such developments or making e-cigarettes more expensive and less attractive to smokers
Given that consumption will likely continue to decline in the mid-single digit range, pricing is necessary to drive top-line growth." Members help make our journalism possible
June 2018: San Francisco bans flavored e-cigs like the Juul, prompting an endorsement from Michael Bloomberg
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But given the current budget crisis, I think anyone's looking at any possible opportunity to draw in revenues in ways that don't affect the majority of the population."Health care targetedThe last time lawmakers raised the cigarette tax, Bob Martinez was Florida's governor, Johnny Carson was host of "The Tonight Show" and today's newly legal smokers - that is, those who have just turned 18 - weren't even born.Supporters want to raise the tax by up to $1, raising an additional $1 billion for the fiscal year that begins in July