ALBANY, N.Y. \u2014 New York State\u2019s tax on tobacco and nicotine products now applies to alternative nicotine products, such as oral nicotine pouches, gum, or lozenges. <\/p>\n
The law, which adds a 75% tax to the wholesale price of items, was included in the state budget<\/a> and goes into effect on Tuesday. Lawmakers who advocated for the law cited health concerns for even non-smokeable nicotine products. However, others were concerned that the tax could deter smokers from switching to a safer alternative. <\/p>\n RELATED: Nicotine pouch tax increase aims to protect kids, but producers and lawmakers fear impact on smokers trying to quit<\/a><\/p>\n Normally, the distributor pays the tax on nicotine products like cigarettes. However, for alternative nicotine products, the state says all sellers must file a floor tax return and pay the taxes by Sept. 21. The state says that\u2019s because the new tax hasn\u2019t been paid for alternative nicotine products held in the inventories of wholesale and retail dealers. You can learn more about filing a tax return on the Department of Taxation and Finance website<\/a>.<\/p>\n In addition, anyone who imports or sells alternative nicotine products in New York must be registered as a tobacco products distributor, wholesale dealer, or retail dealer before Sept. 1. If you already have a license to sell tobacco products, you don\u2019t need to register again to sell alternative nicotine products.<\/p>\n Some pouches, such as the brand \u201cZyn\u201d, have become increasingly popular among young people. The health effects of nicotine pouches are still being studied. The American Cancer Society reported that nicotine pouches can increase heart rate and blood pressure, potentially damaging blood vessels. They can also irritate gums and cause cavities.<\/p>\n What counts as alternative nicotine products<\/p>\n The state considers an \u201calternative nicotine product\u201d as anything that contains nicotine but not tobacco and is not smokeable. It doesn\u2019t include nicotine products regulated by the Food and Drug Administration, such as drugs approved to help with quitting smoking.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFor Related Stories:\u00a0alternative nicotine products<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0New York State taxes<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ALBANY, N.Y. \u2014 New York State\u2019s tax on tobacco and nicotine products now applies to alternative nicotine products,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":335128,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[125939,9,11,10,49,51,50,125940],"class_list":["post-335127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-alternative-nicotine-products","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-state","tag-new-york-state-headlines","tag-new-york-state-news","tag-new-york-state-taxes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=335127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335127\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/335128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=335127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=335127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=335127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}