cigarette and tobacco tax
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Hickenlooper vetoes bill to extend tax credit on some cigar sales
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Gov. John Hickenlooper uncapped his veto pen for the first time this session to reject a bill that would extend a tax credit on cigars sold to out-of-state consumers, saying the credit hasn’t generated enough economic activity to pay for even one job. Senate Bill 139, would extend for three years a credit retailers have been…
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Ours: Colorado not measuring up on cancer-fighting policies, but voters can help
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Colorado is falling short supporting policies and passing legislation to prevent and reduce suffering and death from cancer. According to the latest edition of How Do You Measure Up?: A Progress Report on State Legislative Activity to Reduce Cancer Incidence and Mortality, Colorado measured up to recommendations in only 3 of the 10 issue areas…
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Tobacco tax backers ready to go
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Backers of a proposed Colorado constitutional amendment to raise taxes on cigarettes and other tobacco products are beginning their efforts with $850,000 in the bank as they seek more funds while they promote the measure. Taxes on a pack of cigarettes would triple in January, if Colorado voters approve the measure placed on the Nov.…
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Colorado to decide whether to triple cigarette tax
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Colorado voters will decide in November whether to triple cigarette taxes after tobacco sales rose for the first time since the last state tax increase in 2004. An initiative certified Monday for the November ballot would raise the state tax from 84 cents to $2.59 per pack starting Jan. 1. That’s nearly a dollar more than…
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Blake: On the initiatives, just say ‘no’
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I love the initiative process in theory. Power to the people! In practice, not so much. At least this year. Like a pianist playing scales, I used to warm up for my biennial ballot concerto by quickly flipping the “no” lever on all the judges up for retention. It not only flexed the fingers, it…
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LaFaive and Nesbit: Colorado smuggling to rise along with tobacco tax hike
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An initiative that may appear on Colorado’s November’s ballot would, if adopted, nearly triple the state’s current cigarette excise tax. This, we believe the evidence shows, will usher in a wave of cigarette smuggling and other undesirable consequences. Voters should think twice before adopting this tax increase. Research shows high excise taxes invite scofflaws to…
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Backers of five measures beat petition deadline
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Backers of five proposed ballot measures beat the Friday deadline and submitted petition signatures for verification, bringing the total number of possible ballot measures voters could face in the November general election to 11. Boxes of petition signatures were turned in that would ask voters whether to allow local governments to ban oil-and-gas development, triple…
