MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WIAT) -- Some cities in Alabama are imposing a new tax on vape products.

It's all apart of a new law requiring businesses to get a permit to sell vapes. Municipalities have until October 1 to decide how they want to issue the new tax in their community, that's 10 cents for every milliliter of vaping liquid sold.

Ford Handley, city administrator and finance director for the city of Orange Beach, said they passed a local tax so their community could use all the revenue. He said otherwise, revenue from the state tax is based on population, giving them a fraction of what they could be collecting for the city.

"For us, it's almost a fairness issue," Handley said. "We look at the vape products very similar to tobacco. And, if tobacco is being taxed this way, then the vape ne

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