According to the state’s Office of Legislative Services, it is estimated that state tax revenues will drop by $4.5 million to $12.1 million the first year after the law is in effect. Subsequent years could see a less dramatic impact. Convenience store owners, as well as some deli owners, argued against the passage of the law, noting that a lack of 19- and 20-year-olds coming into their stores to buy these tobacco products as well as other goods would have a negative impact on their bottom lines.
One obstacle the state of New Jersey faces in enforcing this law is that there isn’t a list of retailers and vendors who are selling e-cigarette products, making it difficult to track and force these vendors to enforce the new age restriction.
