Louisiana tobacco and nicotine laws

What Louisiana has enacted on tobacco and nicotine, what each law requires, and what the bills still moving would do. Louisiana is one of 37 states that enacted a tobacco and nicotine law in the 2025 and 2026 sessions.

Bills in scope
11bills in scope
Past committee
7past committee
Most recent action
23 June 2026most recent action

Tobacco and nicotine laws enacted in Louisiana

6 tobacco and nicotine laws enacted in the Louisiana Legislature in the 2025 and 2026 sessions, newest first. Each links to the legislature's own page.

  • HB 782FEES/LICENSES/PERMITS: Provides relative to vapor products, alternative nicotine products, and modified risk tobacco products (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)Enacted 23 June 2026

    What it does: The bill makes amendments to provisions regarding vapor products, alternative nicotine products, and modified risk tobacco products, with changes to R.S. 47:841(B)(8) becoming effective January 1, 2027.

    Licensing

  • HB 302TOBACCO/TOBACCO PRODUCTS: Prohibits the sale of vapor products near schoolsEnacted 9 June 2026

    Licensing

  • HB 623TOBACCO/TOBACCO PRODUCTS: Provides for a three-tier system of permitting for the producers, manufacturers, and wholesalers of vapor products (EN NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)Enacted 8 June 2026

    Licensing

  • HB 669TAX/EXCISE: Continues a portion of the excise tax levied on cigarettes in statute (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)Enacted 1 July 2025

    What it does: Enacts R.S. 47:842(24) to define 'heated tobacco product' as a product containing tobacco that produces inhalable aerosol by heating without burning, excluding cigarettes and other tobacco products.

    Excise taxes and stamps

  • HB 325TAX/TOBACCO TAX: Provides for the rate of tax levied on certain cigars (EN -$10,000,000 GF RV See Note)Took effect 1 January 2026

    Excise taxes and stamps

  • HB 412TOBACCO/TOBACCO PRODUCTS: Provides relative to alternative nicotine productsEnacted 11 June 2025

    What it does: Amends R.S. 26:926.1 to provide for a directory related to alternative nicotine products and tobacco products. The bill deletes multiple Senate amendments and removes specified pages and lines from the original text.

    Nicotine pouches and new products

Tobacco and nicotine in Louisiana, by topic

Tobacco and nicotine bills in Louisiana

The bills not yet law, furthest along first, with what each would do.

6Enacted

1Past committee

4Introduced or inactive

11 bills in scope

Past committee

1

HB 517TAX/TOBACCO TAX: Establishes the Youth Cessation and Prevention Fund and dedicates a portion of the avails of the tax levied on smokeless tobacco to the fund (RE -$6,000,000 GF RV See Note)Passed chamber

What it would do: Creates the Youth Cessation and Prevention Fund as a special state treasury fund and annually deposits 20 percent of smokeless tobacco tax avails into it for distribution to specified organizations for youth tobacco cessation and prevention programs.

Introduced or inactive

4

HB 1120TAX/TOBACCO TAX: Provides relative to the intent and purpose of laws imposing tobacco taxes (OR NO IMPACT See Note)In committee

What it would do: Amends the declaration of intent for Louisiana's tobacco excise tax to include vapor products and electronic cigarettes, require risk-proportionate taxation based on FDA modified risk determinations, and prohibit free cigarette samples while restricting smokeless tobacco samples to federal compliance.

HB 668TAX/EXCISE: Continues a portion of the excise tax levied on cigarettes in statute and authorizes a reduced excise tax rate on certain tobacco products (OR DECREASE GF RV See Note)In committee

What it would do: Continues the four-twentieths of one cent per cigarette excise tax and authorizes reduced tax rates of sixty percent for FDA-issued modified risk tobacco products and twenty-five percent for exposure modification orders, effective July 1, 2025.

HB 390TAX/TOBACCO TAX: Levies an additional tax on cigarettes (OR +$50,000,000 GF RV See Note)In committee

What it would do: Levies an additional tax of one and thirteen-twentieths of one cent per cigarette on top of existing tobacco taxes, effective July 1, 2025, for cigarettes purchased by retail and wholesale dealers after that date, excluding stamped products and unused stamps held before July 1, 2025.

HB 398TAX/TOBACCO TAX: Increases the tax levied on smokeless tobacco and dedicates a portion of avails of the tax into the Youth Cessation and Prevention Fund (OR +$8,900,000 GF RV See Note)In committee

What it would do: Increases the tax on smokeless tobacco from twenty to thirty-three percent of invoice price and creates the Youth Cessation and Prevention Fund, into which twenty percent of smokeless tobacco tax revenue is annually deposited and distributed to four cancer and health organizations for tobacco prevention and cessation programs.

Bill titles link to the Louisiana Legislature's own page.

What LawSignals covers

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 Louisiana have a tobacco and nicotine law?

Yes. Louisiana enacted 6 tobacco and nicotine laws in the 2025 and 2026 sessions, among them HB 782, HB 302 and HB 623. Each is listed on this page with what it requires.

When do Louisiana's tobacco and nicotine laws take effect?

HB 325 on 1 January 2026. The others have no single date in their text.

Which tobacco and nicotine bills are moving in Louisiana?

1 bill not yet law has passed a committee or a chamber, the furthest along HB 517 (passed chamber).

What does Louisiana legislate on most in tobacco and nicotine?

Excise taxes and stamps (7 bills), Licensing (3 bills) and Nicotine pouches and new products (1 bill).

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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