Spurred by a ranking as one of the 10 least healthy states in the country, a pair of Indiana representatives are teaming up on what could end up being a massive overhaul of the state’s tobacco policy. While formal legislation has yet to be filed, the bi-partisan proposal being worked on by Representative Charlie Brown (D) and Ed Clere (R) would allow employers to screen job applicants for tobacco use as well as ban the sale of cigarettes at stores that have pharmacies and end the smoking exemption for casinos. The proposal also calls for a 24% tax on the wholesale cost to electronic cigarettes, and would roll electronic and vaping devices into the list of things prohibited by the existing smoking ban.
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