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Colorado shouldn’t lead the nation in teen vape use
Teen Vaping Colorado leads the nation in many things. Fourteeners. Sunny days. Colorado is the healthiest state in the nation in many ways. But now, Colorado has a distinction none of us can be proud of: Our young people putting their health at risk by vaping nicotine. In 2017, the Centers for Disease Control and…
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Gorman: Amendment 72 is constitutionally guaranteed revenue for state bureaucracies
Amendment 72 supporters claim that raising tobacco taxes will reduce smoking. That’s a smokescreen. What the amendment really does is create a constitutionally mandated stream of revenue for two state health bureaucracies that seek to shake off the shackles of legislative budgetary oversight. Under Amendment 72, the state tax on a pack of cigarettes will…