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:58 Massachusetts Take action to oppose two bills that would make access to smoke-free tobacco and nicotine products needlessly more expensive. S 1576 S 1497 These bills are scheduled for a hearing on Tuesday, June 20, 2017 at 1:00 PM Joint Revenue Committee Hearing Room A-2 Massachusetts State House 24 Beacon St, Boston, MA 02133 Please attend this hearing if you are able to. If you can't then please take action now to oppose these bills by sending a message to committee members urging them to vote no on S 1576 and amend S 1497 to remove section 3! CASAA’s Call to action http://casaa.org/call-to-action/ma-take-action-to-stop-new-taxes-on-vaping-and-a-tax-hike-on-smokeless-tobacco/ Full text of bills https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/S1576 3:30 Delaware http://www.newsobserver.com/news/business/article156503354.html Governor Carney’s FY2018 budget plan has a proposal to include vapor products in other tobacco (OTP) taxes. This proposal also includes a 100% tax hike on OTP, raising the tax to 30% of