Hawaii: House Bill 1570, which bans the sale of flavored tobacco products except those having received a marketing order from the FDA, passed Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection and Ways and Means Committees on April 7, 2022; was amended on the Senate floor on April 12, 2022 to make the ban effective January 1, 2023; passed Senate on April 14, 2022, and the House disagreed with the Senate amendments on April 14, 2022.
Maryland: The General Assembly adjourned sine die on April 11, 2022.
Rhode Island: House Bill 7725, which allows cities and towns to create ordinances to regulate the use and sales of cigarettes, other tobacco products and electronic nicotine delivery systems, was heard in the House Committee on Municipal Government and Housing on April 12, 2022. The committee recommended the measure to be held for further study.
Virginia: House Bill 1076 and SB25, which require any locality that increases its tax rate on cigarettes to allow a person with unsold inventory to pay the tax increase on the unsold inventory by filing a return for one calendar year after the tax increase; defines “unsold inventory” for the purposes of this provision to mean cigarettes held prior to the tax rate increase, were signed by the Governor on April 8, 2022.
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