Kansas e-cig tax could e-vape-orate the industry Lenscap Photography / Shutterstock.com UP IN SMOKE: An impending tax on e-cigarettes could harm businesses that sell them. By Grayson Quay | Watchdog Arena The Kansas tax increase that passed last week includes a tax on electronic cigarettes that may cause an emerging industry to go up in smoke. This post was imported from a legacy archive. Please excuse any formatting inconsistencies. Related