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RHODE ISLAND

Analysis and insight on tobacco and vapor

products in the Ocean State

Cigarettes: $3.75/pack 

Other Tobacco Products:

80% Wholesale Price

• Cigars: $0.50/cigar

E-Cigarettes: None

Excise Taxes

E-Cigarettes Defined as Tobacco Products?

-No-

E-Cigarettes Included in Smoking Bans?

-Yes-

Flavor Bans?

Yes, effective March 26, 2020

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TOBACCO HARM REDUCTION 101: RHODE ISLAND

Key Points: 

  • Rhode Island’s vaping industry provided more than $54 million in economic activity in 2018 while generating 271 direct vaping-related jobs. Sales of disposables and prefilled cartridges in Rhode Island exceeded $2.2 million in 2016.

  • As of October 3, RIDH has reported two vaping-related lung illnesses, including age ranges. RIDH notes the role of THC in the outbreak, but does not provide thorough data. RIDH earns a C for its reporting on vaping-related lung illnesses.

  • In 2019, 7.3 percent of Rhode Island high school students reported daily use of vapor products; nearly 70 percent reported not using e-cigarettes. Only 4.5 percent cited flavors as a reason for e-cigarette use.

  • Only 1 percent of FDA retail compliance checks in Rhode Island resulted in sales of e-cigarettes to minors from January 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019.

  • Rhode Island spends very little on tobacco prevention. In 2019, Rhode Island dedicated only $390,926 on tobacco control, or less than 1 percent of what the state received in tobacco settlement payments and taxes.

Tobacco and Vapor Monies

RHODE ISLAND

TOBACCO AND VAPOR 

MONIES

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ECONOMIC BURDEN OF SMOKING IN

RHODE ISLAND

Economic Burden
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FDA Compliance Checks

FDA Compliance Checks
January 1, 2018 - October 1, 2019

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Types of Products Sold

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