Dear Chairman Blackman, Vice-Chair Nguyen, and distinguished Members of the House Judiciary Committee, My name is Patrick Hedger and I am the Executive Director of the Taxpayers Protection Alliance, a national nonprofit, nonpartisan taxpayer and consumer advocacy organization.
Many supporters of localized control of age-restricted consumer products purport those local policies will reduce youth vapor product use. Existing data from youth surveys indicate that local policies have not reduced youth use and may have led to greater instances of vaping-related injuries in the fall of 2019. Rather than allowing localities to impose draconian regulatory policies that would essentially prohibit adult access in that particular town and incentivize a black market, state lawmakers should utilize existing tobacco monies to fund robust tobacco control programs to reduce you use of age-restricted products.
The United States Postal Service (USPS) has lost an astounding amount of money over the past fifteen years, bleeding more than $90 billion in red ink since 2007. As seen in the below figure, a high proportion of the USPS’ losses over the years has stemmed from financial decisions within the control of management.
Many supporters of localized control of age-restricted consumer products purport those local policies will reduce youth vapor product use. Existing data from youth surveys indicate that local policies have not reduced youth use and may have led to greater instances of vaping-related injuries in the fall of 2019. Rather than allowing localities to impose draconian regulatory policies that would essentially prohibit adult access in that particular town and incentivize a black market, state lawmakers should utilize existing tobacco monies to fund robust tobacco control programs to reduce you use of age-restricted products.
Today, the Taxpayers Protection Alliance (TPA) released an interview with West Virginia small business owner, Clara Osterhage, which highlights the negative consequences for franchises and small businesses if President Biden’s Department of Labor Hours nominee, David Weil, is appointed.
As the First World War came to an end, the U.S. federal government passed the 18th Amendment banning the sale and consumption of alcohol.
Taxpayers Protection Alliance's Consumer Center under the direction of Lindsey Stroud released Tobacco & Vaping 101: 50 State Analysis. The report examines smoking rates among adults in the respective state, youth use of tobacco and vapor products, and the effectiveness of tobacco settlement payments, taxes, and vapor products on reducing combustible cigarette use.
As lawmakers attempt to regulate modified risk tobacco products (MRTP), it is imperative that they understand that the federal government recognizes that tobacco products exist on a spectrum of harm and, since 2009, has offered manufacturers the ability to provide information to market tobacco products as less harmful.
As lawmakers attempt to regulate modified risk tobacco products (MRTP), it is imperative that they understand that the federal government recognizes that tobacco products exist on a spectrum of harm and, since 2009, has offered manufacturers the ability to provide information to market tobacco products as less harmful.
As lawmakers across the country seek to reduce youth tobacco and vapor product use, many have introduced and passed legislation that regulates, taxes, and in some cases, prohibits the sales of such products. This analysis includes state specific information on tobacco and vapor product use among adults in youth in all 50 states, as well as Washington D.C. Each paper examines smoking rates among adults in the respective, youth use of tobacco and vapor products, and the effectiveness of tobacco settlement payments, taxes, and vapor products on reducing combustible cigarette use.
