State tobacco-related legislative bills that have been introduced in the past week are listed below alphabetically by state:

Michigan: House Bill 4485 repeals the provision that is scheduled to remove the 50 cents per cigar excise tax cap on October 1, 2021.

Texas: House Bill 3842 prohibits the sale of all flavored tobacco products. Senate Bill 1711 imposes a tax on vapor products at the rate of 10 cents for each milliliter or fractional part of a milliliter of vapor product sold. Senate Bill 1712 imposes a tax on e-cigarettes and nicotine products at the rate of 10% of the sales price.

West Virginia: House Bill 2027 (Governor’s proposal--same as Senate Bill 600) increases the cigarette tax to $2.25 per pack, increases the OTP tax to 19.5% of wholesale and increases the e-cigarette liquid tax to $0.75 per milliliter.