Weekly News (Feb. 26, 2024)
The headlines, reviews, and more from the past week.
Bill That Would Allow Cigar Lounges in West Virginia Resorts Dies in Senate (Update)
After passing the West Virginia House of Delegates, the bill stalled in a Senate committee.
West Virginia Tobacco Tax Increase Won’t Advance
While the West Virginia Senate passed a bill that would raise the state’s tobacco tax rate on cigars and other tobacco products from 12 percent…
West Virginia Senate Passes Bill With Tobacco Tax Increase
A bill containing a drastic increase to the tobacco tax in exchange for a gradual phase out of personal property taxes on manufacturing machinery, equipment,…
West Virginia Legislators Propose Quadrupling Tobacco Tax
As part of a proposal to phase out the state’s business and inventory tax, legislators in West Virginia have introduced a bill that would raise…
Weekly News (Oct. 28, 2019)
News Altria Considering Sale of Nat Sherman Cigar Division Artesano Del Tobacco Adds Viva La Vida Jester Black Label Trading Co. Ships Santa Muerte 2019…
West Virginia House Committee Defeats Tobacco Purchasing Age Increase
A bill in West Virginia to raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco products to 21-years-old was defeated during a voice vote in the House…
West Virginia Bill Raising Tobacco Purchasing Age to 21 Passes Senate
A bill seeking to make 21-years-old the new minimum age to purchase tobacco products in West Virginia has passed the Senate, with the chamber approving…
West Virginia Tobacco Purchasing Age Increase Advances
A bill to raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco products is advancing through the West Virginia legislature, as today S.B. 348 advanced out of…
Hancock County, W.Va. Amends Law to Allow Casino Smoking
Smoking will once again be allowed in casinos in Hancock County, W.Va. The Hancock County Board of Health made unanimously passed an amendment to the county’s…
Huntington, W.Va. Making Parks Tobacco Free
The city of Huntington, W.Va. is making all of its parks tobacco-free after the Greater Huntington Park and Recreation District board approved a proposal on…
