The following bills were recently introduced in state legislatures:

Vermont: House Bill 872 requires any retailer of tobacco substitutes (e-cigarettes, nicotine delivery devices, etc.) to obtain a tobacco substitute endorsement from the Department of Liquor Control, pay a fee of $50, and raises the annual fee for tobacco licensing or renewal from $100 to $110. The bill also requires a manufacturer’s registration fee for any person manufacturing tobacco substitutes for sale in the state of $1,000 per brand annually.