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Last updated on Monday, January 5, 2015
(INDIANAPOLIS) - Vapor shop owners are bracing for potential regulations to the e-cigarette industry.
Attorney General Greg Zoeller along with state legislators put together a proposed legislation to crackdown on the sale and usage of the product.
It includes taxation as well as licensing for the stores that sell them.
Workers regularly check a customer's driver's license to make sure they're not minors, but Attorney General Zoeller feels that's not enough. He said studies show that e-cigarettes are now more popular among minors than regular cigarettes, and he feels the tasty names are one of the reasons.
Zoeller wants to tax it just like other tobacco products at a rate of 24 percent - a number that doesn't sit well with shop owners.
The final regulation Zoeller called for was including e-cigarettes with the statewide smoking ban. The proposed legislation will go before the general assembly at the next session.
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