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'OPB Politics Now': Tobacco, Vaping Tax And Another Failed Recall Effort

Dec. 6, 2019 3:50 p.m.
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Historically, the tobacco industry has spent millions of dollars to protect itself from new regulations and tax increases.

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But now health care providers are pledging big money to a ballot measure that would raise the price of cigarettes in Oregon and impose the state’s first ever tax on vaping products.

In this episode of 'OPB Politics Now,' OPB news director Anna Griffin and OPB politics reporters Dirk VanderHart and Jeff Mapes discuss what could be the most costly measure on your 2020 Oregon ballot.

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