“In his proposed budget, Gov. Tim Walz increases the tax on cigarettes and puts a new tax on vaping devices. Before COVID-19 became the top health issue last year, Walz was working hard to fight the growing rate of vaping among Minnesota kids. In 2019, he described the increase in vaping among students as an epidemic. The governor’s budget plan would raise $12 million over two years with a new tax on vaping devices. Republican leaders in the Minnesota Senate say they won’t support any tax increases this year. Minnesota’s last cigarette tax increase was in 2013.”
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