Tax Policy Shapes Choices Tobacco tax BVTE Bundesverband der Tabakwirtschaft und neuartiger Erzeugnisse Standardising the measurement of e cigarette taxes in the USA, 20102020 Tobacco Control Maine vaping law taxes e cigarette products at 43% : r Maine Some asked: why not ban cigarettes just like it's been done for e cigarettes? Is it because the Government wants to make more money from taxes that they impose or levy on cigarettes? A revised law to include e cigarettes in tobacco taxation is fueling optimism that the government can collect more taxes as it struggles to finance expansionary fiscal policies, officials said Wednesday. On Tuesday,