Proposed taxes on opioids, e-cigs likely dead

Sens. Jane Kitchel, D-Caledonia; Tim Ashe, D/P-Chittenden; and Ann Cummings, D-Washington,  believe the opioid tax could come up next year. Photo by Mike Faher/VTDigger
Though state lawmakers have not yet finished their work for 2018, it seems clear that controversial proposals to tax opioids and e-cigarettes will advance no further this year.
Both levies were in a bill, H.922, that faltered at the end of the regular 2018 session. That measure was reintroduced as H.2 for the ongoing special