State Senator says tobacco, vape tax hike would hurt small business [Video]

(FOX 2) – With the anti-smoking lobby pushing hard to raise the state tobacco tax on vaping and e-cigarettes, there will be those opposed to that tax increase.

On this one point, you are likely to find majority support in the legislature.

“I’m all for a conversation about getting vaping out of kids’ hands 100 percent,” State Sen. Joe Bellino said.

That’s the easy part, but not so easy is the tax increase embedded in the bill, to get the job done.

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It was around that time when Gov. Jennifer Granholm spearheaded a hefty hike in the state tobacco tax.

Back home in his little store in southern, southeast Michigan, Bellino says his store took a financial hit.

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