Colorado tobacco and nicotine laws
What Colorado has enacted on tobacco and nicotine, what each law requires, and what the bills still moving would do. Colorado is one of 37 states that enacted a tobacco and nicotine law in the 2025 and 2026 sessions.
- Bills in scope
- 3bills in scope
- Past committee
- 1past committee
- Most recent action
- 3 June 2026most recent action
Tobacco and nicotine laws enacted in Colorado
One tobacco and nicotine law enacted in the Colorado Legislature in the 2025 and 2026 sessions, newest first. Each links to the legislature's own page.
Excise taxes and stamps
Tobacco and nicotine bills in Colorado
The bills not yet law, furthest along first, with what each would do.
1Enacted
2Introduced or inactive
3 bills in scope
Introduced or inactive
2
What it would do: Defines premium cigars as hand-rolled cigars with whole tobacco leaf wrappers and no filter or mouthpiece, and caps the excise tax on premium cigars at twenty percent of the manufacturer's list price, effective July 1, 2026.
What it would do: Defines premium cigars as hand-rolled cigars with whole tobacco leaf wrappers and no filter or mouthpiece, and caps the excise tax on premium cigars at twenty percent of the manufacturer's list price, effective July 1, 2025.
Bill titles link to the Colorado Legislature's own page.
What counts as tobacco and nicotine legislation
In scope: Flavor bans and product standards; vapor product directories; licensing; excise taxes and stamps; minimum age and youth access; online and delivery sales; nicotine pouches and new products; and escrow, marketing and smoke-free rules.
Questions
Does Colorado have a tobacco and nicotine law?
Yes. Colorado enacted 1 tobacco and nicotine law in the 2025 and 2026 sessions, among them HB 1289. Each is listed on this page with what it requires.
Are these summaries reviewed by a lawyer?
No. Which bills count as Tobacco and nicotine bills, and the line on what each law requires or each bill would do, are drafted by software from the bill's own text and not reviewed by an attorney. Every bill links to the legislature's own record: read the text before relying on it. The list covers bills from the 2025 and 2026 sessions.
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Tobacco and nicotine legislation in other jurisdictions
51 more currently hold bills in this tracker
- New Jersey50
- New York49
- West Virginia31
- Mississippi22
- Hawaii21
- Montana20
- Texas20
- Iowa19
- Illinois19
- Indiana19
- Virginia18
- Connecticut16
- Massachusetts15
- Michigan15
- Missouri15
- Maryland14
- Tennessee13
- Washington13
- Kentucky12
- Oklahoma12
- Louisiana11
- Congress11
- Arizona10
- Nebraska10
- South Dakota10
- Utah10
- Florida9
- California8
- Georgia8
- New Hampshire8
- Oregon8
- Wisconsin8
- Maine7
- North Carolina7
- Pennsylvania7
- Rhode Island7
- Arkansas6
- Alabama5
- Idaho5
- Puerto Rico5
- South Carolina5
- New Mexico4
- Wyoming4
- Alaska3
- Delaware3
- Kansas3
- Nevada3
- Ohio3
- Minnesota2
- North Dakota2
- Vermont2
Know when Colorado's tobacco and nicotine law changes
An alert when a bill moves, and one report a month on what changed in every state and Congress.