Rhode Island tobacco and nicotine bills

What it would do: Reduces the cigarette tax rate by 75% for any product the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services determines to be a modified risk tobacco product under federal law, meaning tobacco products sold to reduce harm or risk of tobacco-related disease.

What it would do: Amends Rhode Island's tobacco tax law to expand the definition of 'distributor' to include dealers whose annual cigar sales exceed 50% of their total sales, and clarifies licensing requirements and transaction restrictions for manufacturers, importers, distributors, and dealers of cigarettes, other tobacco products, and electronic nicotine-delivery system products.

What it would do: Reduces the cigarette tax by 50% for products the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services determines to be modified risk tobacco products designed to reduce harm or risk of tobacco-related disease. Takes effect upon passage.

What it would do: Prohibits the sale or possession with intent to sell flavored electronic nicotine-delivery system products in Rhode Island, with an exemption for compassion centers and licensed cannabis cultivators except for products containing tobacco or nicotine.

What it would do: Adds a definition of alternative nicotine products as noncombustible products containing nicotine but not tobacco leaf, and imposes a tax of two dollars per container containing up to twenty units on such products, effective July 1, 2026.

What it would do: Adds definitions for alternative nicotine products and amends tax rates on other tobacco products and electronic nicotine-delivery system products, including a $2.00 per container tax on alternative nicotine products and new taxes on e-liquids effective January 1, 2025.

What it would do: Prohibits the sale of flavored electronic nicotine-delivery system products to consumers in Rhode Island, except at vape shops. Exempts compassion centers and licensed cannabis cultivators from this prohibition except for tobacco or nicotine products.