{"id":3212,"date":"2022-10-08T05:36:29","date_gmt":"2022-10-08T09:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/?p=3212"},"modified":"2022-10-11T05:37:45","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T09:37:45","slug":"colombia-mulls-setting-in-place-a-vape-tax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/en_gb\/colombia-mulls-setting-in-place-a-vape-tax\/","title":{"rendered":"Colombia Mulls Setting in Place a Vape Tax"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Colombian Green Alliance congresswoman Carolina Giraldo has put forward a proposal to increase the local tobacco tax and set in place a tax on vaping products.<\/h4>\n<p>The initiative is being presented both as a source of income for the State and also as \u201cin favour of the fundamental right to health.\u201d However highlights the World Vapers Association (WVA) in a <a href=\"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/eu\/colombia-threatens-to-raise-taxes-on-vapers\/\">release<\/a>, given the scientific evidence in favour of vapes for smoking cessation, the initiative is doomed \u201cto fail in its proposed objectives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The initiative is failing to consider the testimonies and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vapingpost.com\/2022\/04\/05\/thousands-of-swede-vapers-could-go-back-to-smoking-if-flavours-are-banned\/\">experience of thousands<\/a> of users and vaping entrepreneurs in the country, and Congresswoman Giraldo has not consulted with any of the affected groups about her proposal.<\/p>\n<h5>Vape taxes have unintended consequences<\/h5>\n<p>Meanwhile, in line with predictions by multiple public health and smoking cessation experts, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vapingpost.com\/2020\/03\/26\/another-study-suggests-that-e-cig-taxes-just-encourage-regular-smoking\/\">recent study<\/a> by Yale Professor Abigail Friedman and Georgia State University Professor Michael Pesko, has confirmed that vape taxes have serious unintended consequences by leading to increased smoking rates.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Read the full text <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vapingpost.com\/2022\/10\/08\/colombia-mulls-setting-in-place-a-vape-tax\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colombian Green Alliance congresswoman Carolina Giraldo has put forward a proposal to increase the local tobacco tax and set in place a tax on vaping products. 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