Several owners of vaping-related businesses told Senate committee members it would cost them thousands of dollars to comply with the proposed regulations.
Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller told lawmakers he wants to see Indiana do more when it comes to “the issues of e-cigarette and liquid nicotine” use, and he wants to see legislators address the issue this session.
A large group came to protest Senate Bill 539, authored by Sen. Carlin Yoder, R-Middlebury, which would establish regulations on e-liquid – the fluid used in electronic cigarettes.
Indiana would require stores to have a license to sell electronic cigarettes and would tax the battery-powered devices like traditional tobacco products under a bill a state lawmaker said he'll sponsor.
Indianapolis International Airport officials agreed Friday to unload Giorgio’s and two Cold Stone Creamerys in favor of three new food vendors. They also considered several tough tweaks to the facility’s smoking ban.
The federal tax on tobacco increases tomorrow, sending the price of cigarettes to an all-time high. The federal tax on cigarettes will go up nearly 62 cents per pack – meaning Hoosiers will pay approximately $5 per pack. While many smokers are opposed, health advocates approve of the hike because the money will go toward […]
Health advocates beamed with a â??told-you-soâ?? response this week when state officials announced that cigarette
sales dropped dramatically after taxes were raised last July.
Sales fell nearly 18 percent, apparently a direct result of boosting the tax 44 cents to a…
The social video platform is one of three companies—along with Meta’s Instagram and Google’s YouTube—facing claims that their platforms deliberately addict and harm children.
Hours before kickoff, in a sea of cream and crimson outside Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium, one IU fan said nabbing a ticket to the College Football Playoff national championship was like “winning the lottery.”
The survey asked 600 Indiana residents about a wide variety of topics, including what they thought about Indiana as a place to live, taxes, tariffs, redistricting and data centers.
The final budget boosted the tax on cigarettes by $2 per pack, with similar hikes on other forms of tobacco. Those tax increases were expected to generate $850 million over the two-year budget cycle.
The younger Rohrman, 41, worked his way up through roles as sales manager, used car manager, new car manager and general sales manager before leading his first store about 15 years ago.
We found that in the three months leading up to and the three months following Indiana’s last tax hike, sales to Michigan retailers in border counties rose more than 50% as buyers stocked up.
As GLP-1 drugs for weight loss and diabetes drugs such as Zepbound and Mounjaro generate billions in sales, researchers at Eli Lilly and Co. and other pharma companies are exploring their potential for other purposes.
Other parts of Indiana’s HIP 3.0 proposal are still under consideration, including an expansion on provider taxes, cost-sharing requirements and wellness incentives.
Over the course of a decade, Indiana’s per-enrollee costs for certain Medicaid recipients are expected to surge by 43% and 72% for lower-income and elderly Hoosiers, respectively.
