San Francisco - Maris 18, bisa ga rahotannin kasashen waje, duk da zanga-zangar da masu adawa da shan taba suka yi, an yanke sabon haraji kan sigari a Indiana tun kafin ya fara aiki.
Gwamna Eric Holcomb ya rattaba hannu kan wata doka a wannan makon, wanda ya hada da tanadi don rage harajin kashi 25% da dillalai ke sanyawa kan rufaffen bama-bamai na sigari kamar kayan aikin Juul zuwa kashi 15%.'Yan majalisar dokokin jihar a shekarar da ta gabata sun amince da karin harajin e-cigare a Indiana daga Yuli 2022.
Amma 'yan majalisar dokoki na Republican sun amince da rage yawan haraji, ciki har da layi bakwai a cikin lissafin shafi 118, wanda ya shafi canje-canje ga dokar harajin fasaha.
Sanata Travis Holdman na Republican, shugaban kwamitin haraji na majalisar dattijai, ya ce canjin harajin kayan aikin sigari shine don daidaita shi tare da adadin harajin 15% da aka saita na e-cigare mai sake cika bara.
Holdman ya ce manufar ita ce sanya haraji iri daya kan dukkan na'urori da kayayyakin sigari na lantarki.
Wane ne kuma kungiyar ‘yan kasuwa ta Indiana ta bukaci ‘yan majalisar da su ci gaba da biyan harajin kashi 25 cikin 100, suna masu cewa ya kamata na’urorin sigari su fuskanci haraji irin na taba don hana matasa fara amfani da su.Bryan Hannon na kungiyar masu fama da cutar daji ta Amurka ya ce ya kamata harajin kan kayan sigari na lantarki ya kai akalla kashi 20 cikin dari domin ya yi daidai da harajin taba sigari na cents 99.5 a kowace fakiti a Indiana.
A cewar Cibiyar Kula da Cututtuka ta Tarayya, wadannan kungiyoyi sun kasa samun nasarar inganta karuwar harajin taba sigari, wanda bai canza ba tun 1997, a cikin ’yan shekarun da suka gabata, don rage yawan shan taba manya da kashi 19.2% a jihar.
Lokacin aikawa: Maris 19-2022