The following bills were recently introduced in state legislatures:

Alaska: Senate Bill 15 prohibits the sale of electronic cigarettes to minors.

Connecticut: Senate Bill 448 raises the legal age for the purchase tobacco products to 21.

Delaware: House Bill 36 makes the possession, use, or consumption of tobacco by a minor unlawful and subject to the same penalties as a person under 18 who purchases a tobacco product.

Indiana: House Bill 1476 imposes a tax on e-liquids that contain nicotine at a rate of 10 cents per milliliter of consumable product. House Bill 1490 increases the cigarette tax by $1.00 per pack. Senate Bill 1 removes date restrictions in the e-liquids statutes; removes certain requirements for an initial e-liquids manufacturing permit; requires a manufacturer to verify that it complies with manufacturing practices and ingredient listing requirements required by federal law; removes certain renewal application requirements; removes specific requirements concerning remotely monitored security systems; removes e-liquid ingredient restrictions; adds to the definition of "e-liquid" that an e-liquid is a substance that contains nicotine; provides that an electronic cigarette uses a sealed non-refillable cartridge containing not more than 5 milliliters of a liquid.

Massachusetts: Senate Docket 758 prohibits the sale of tobacco products to a person under the age of 21. Senate Docket 1089 prohibits tobacco sales at a health care institution or a retail establishment that operates or has a health care institution within it, such as a pharmacy, optician or optometrist.

Michigan: Senate Bill 37, which prohibits sale of electronic cigarettes and other vapor products to minors, was introduced on January 18, 2017.

Mississippi: Senate Bill 2449, which provides that for purposes of determining the cost to the retailer below which the retailer may not sell cigarettes, the presumed overhead of the retailer will be increased from the current 6% to 10% in July 2017 and 12% in July 2019, was introduced on January 18, 2017 and assigned to the Senate Finance Committee. Senate Bill 2464, provides that if a retailer has not paid a tobacco wholesaler or distributor, the wholesaler or distributor is to notify the Commissioner of Revenue, who will in turn notify all tobacco wholesalers and distributors, and that future deliveries to the retailer may only be done on a C.O.D. basis until further order of the Commissioner, was introduced on January 18, 2017 and assigned to the Senate Finance Committee.

Nebraska: Legislative Bill 438 increases the state cigarette tax by $1.50 per pack and also increases the tax on OTP from 20% to 65% of the purchase price.

New Hampshire: House Bill 268 establishes a committee to study the consequences of tobacco use by minors in the state.

New York: Assembly Bill 1939 prohibits the advertisement of tobacco products and herbal cigarettes on school grounds or within 1,000 feet of the school property boundary line. Assembly Bill 2103 prohibits the use of coupons or use of a price reduction instrument to lower the price of certain tobacco products. Senate Bill 2543 makes the restrictions on smoking in public places applicable to electronic cigarettes (exempts retail electronic cigarette stores). Senate Bill 2380 relates to the use of an advanced system for securing tobacco taxes; requires exclusive use of encrypted counterfeit-resistant cigarette tax stamps to provide a commission to agents for the purpose of leasing or the purchase of machinery and a sell-through provision for retailers. Senate Bill 2542 requires retailers of electronic cigarettes, not otherwise registered with the Department of Taxation and Finance to sell tobacco products, to register with the Department of Health. Senate Bill 2866 increases the cigarette tax from $4.35 to $6.00 per pack. The Governor’s annual budget proposal includes a tax on vapor products at $.10 per fluid milliliter.

North Dakota: House Bill 1312 increases the legal age to purchase tobacco and vapor products from 18 years of age to 19 years of age.

Rhode Island: House Bill 5175 (the Governor’s budget) includes a cigarette tax increase of $.50 per pack with a floor tax.

Vermont: House Bill 52 increases the smoking age from 18 to 21.

Virginia: Senate Bill 1329 allows all localities to impose a cigarette tax of no more than $.05 per pack or the amount levied under state law, whichever is greater.

Washington: House Bill 1261 exempts tobacco products from the prohibition on self-service displays.

Wyoming: House Bill 151 increases the state cigarette tax by $.30 per pack. House Bill 168 increases the tax on cigarettes by $.55 per pack, increases the tax on OTP by 18.33%, and increases the tax on moist snuff by $.55 for any amount up to one ounce.