[JRandomFreeper]

The FDA doesn't handle taxes. The BATF does, since it's part of Treasury.

Where did your information come from?

/johnny

[Gabz]

The FDA doesn't handle taxes. The BATF does, since it's part of Treasury.

The FDA pushes them - at the behest of their overlords in the pharmaceutical industry and the pharma puppets in congress go along with them.

[Beagle8U]

“Two bills recently introduced in Congress would substantially increase federal excise taxes on tobacco products, and probably allow the imposition of new federal excise taxes on e-cigarettes.”

http://www.tobaccolawblog.com/2013/02/federal-bills-would-subtantially-increase-tobacco-taxes-and-allow-new-taxes-on-electronic-cigarettes/