HI SB2497

Increases the annual license fee for wholesalers and dealers of cigarettes or tobacco products from $2.50 to an amount to be specified by rule.

Increases the annual retail tobacco permit fee for retailers selling cigarettes and other tobacco products from $20 to an amount to be specified by rule.

Directs all fees collected from wholesaler/dealer licenses and retail tobacco permits to be deposited into the Hawaii tobacco prevention and control trust fund rather than general state revenues.

Amends the Hawaii tobacco prevention and control trust fund to explicitly include license and permit fee revenues as an asset source.

Takes effect January 1, 2050.