Washington tobacco and nicotine laws

What it would do: Requires the Liquor and Cannabis Board to publish and annually update a data dashboard on its website tracking compliance rates, citations, youth survey data, health outcomes, funding, taxes, and cannabis market diversion related to liquor, cannabis, cigarettes, tobacco, and vapor products, using only existing agency resources.

What it would do: Imposes a 95 percent tax on nicotine products effective July 1, 2027, and adds a $0.09875 per cigarette tax effective January 1, 2028. Directs vapor product tax revenue to cancer research and public health accounts.

What it would do: Imposes a $0.10 per cigarette excise tax, changes vapor product tax from per-milliliter to 95% of sales price, increases cigar tax cap to $0.85, and directs revenues to emergency medical systems, tobacco enforcement, cancer research, and public health services accounts.

What it would do: Establishes a voluntary responsible vendor program for tobacco and vapor product retailers with penalty reductions; requires manufacturer certification for vapor products; increases licensing fees; prohibits coupons and free products with tobacco/vapor sales; requires retailers to sell at or above acquisition cost; and directs study of extended producer responsibility for vapor products.

What it would do: Beginning January 1, 2026, prohibits retailers from selling, offering for sale, displaying, marketing, or advertising flavored tobacco and nicotine products and entertainment vapor products in Washington state, with violations subject to penalties up to $10,000 and license suspension or revocation.

What it would do: Enhances regulation of tobacco, alternative nicotine, and vapor products by requiring manufacturers to certify FDA compliance, establishing a public directory of approved products, imposing penalties for selling unlisted products, and increasing penalties for selling these products to minors.

What it would do: Amends the definition of tobacco products to explicitly include any product containing nicotine, whether derived from tobacco or synthetically created, intended for human consumption or absorption by any means, effective January 1, 2026, contingent on specific funding appropriation by June 30, 2025.

What it would do: Makes technical corrections and clarifications to Washington tax laws administered by the Department of Revenue, including amendments to definitions of retail sales, digital goods, and services, and provides a transition period for existing contracts through March 31, 2026.

What it would do: Increases taxes on cigarettes by $0.015 per cigarette, vapor products from $0.27 to $0.30 per milliliter and $0.09 to $0.10 per milliliter for larger containers, and tobacco products to 100.05 percent of sales price, effective October 1, 2025.

What it would do: Imposes an embodied carbon tax of $0.0015 per cigarette on cigarette sales, in addition to existing taxes, with the rate increasing by 25 percent plus inflation every five years starting October 1, 2030, with revenue deposited to the general fund.

What it would do: Prohibits sale of flavored tobacco and nicotine products and entertainment vapor products beginning July 1, 2027. Increases cigarette tax by $2 per package and raises licensing fees for tobacco and vapor product retailers, wholesalers, and distributors.

What it would do: Enhances regulation of tobacco, alternative nicotine, and vapor products by requiring manufacturers to certify FDA compliance, establishing a public directory of approved products, imposing penalties for selling unlisted products, and increasing penalties for selling to minors.