© 2024 KLCC

KLCC
136 W 8th Ave
Eugene OR 97401
541-463-6000
klcc@klcc.org

Contact Us

FCC Applications
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

Cigarette & Vaping Tax Changes Coming In January

Andres Siimon
/
Unsplash

Following the approval of statewide Measure 108 by voters on Tuesday, the Oregon Department of Revenue is moving forward with implementing tax increases on tobacco and adding a new vaping tax. Taxes will apply beginning next year.

The department laid out the following tax increases set to begin Jan. 1. It includes establishing taxes on vaping and e-cigarettes.

  • The cigarette tax will increase by $2 per pack of 20 and $2.50 per pack of 25.

  • Little cigars, collectively weighing less than 3 pounds per 1,000, will be taxed as cigarettes, will require an Oregon cigarette tax stamp, and must be sold in sealed packages of at least 20.

  • Inhalant delivery systems, such as vaping and e-cigarette products, will be taxed at a rate of 65% of the wholesale purchase price.

  • The cap on the tax on cigars increases from 50 cents to $1.

 

The revenue department also announced they’ll seek public input on how to implement Measure 108 at a hearing on November 24.

 

Funds generated from these taxes will go to the Oregon Health Authority for public health services, including tobacco-use prevention programs and supporting the Oregon Health Plan.

More information from the Department of Revenue can be found here.  

Copyright 2020 KLCC

Melorie Begay is a multimedia journalist for KLCC News. She was the Inaugural KLCC Public Radio Foundation Journalism Fellow. She has a bachelors in Multimedia Journalism from the University of New Mexico. She previously interned at KUNM public radio in Albuquerque, NM and served as a fellow for the online news publication New Mexico In Depth.