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Vermont lawmakers are coming after your rights.
[/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”15″][vc_column_text]They’re considering a sweeping tobacco package, including a $0.31 tax increase on each pack of cigarettes, 10 percent tax increase on moist snuff , a new 101 percent tax on vapor products, a ban on menthol cigarettes and all flavored tobacco products – including vapor products – and an increase in the legal age of purchase to 21.
Legislators are trying to make a statement on the backs of hard-working business owners like you. Convenience stores already bore the brunt of the last cigarette tax increase. In the year following the 2015 cigarette tax increase:
- The number of stores selling cigarettes decreased by 6 percent, or 61 stores.
- The number of employees in stores selling cigarettes decreased by 1,098.
- Employee wages in stores selling cigarettes decreased by $16 million.
That had only a fraction of the impact that this proposal will have. Make your voice heard. Legislators need to hear that this tobacco package will do immense damage to your business.
Tell your legislators that they should vote “NO” on the proposed tobacco package. Let them know that if this is passed, you may have to make tough decisions, like cutting hours or jobs – or worse, go out of business.
Speak up now or pay for it later.
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