Hookah Clarification Act of 2025
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 3
- Latest action
- Jul 15, 2025
What it does
The Hookah Clarification Act of 2025 would amend the Internal Revenue Code to impose a federal excise tax on waterpipe tobacco (such as hookah, shisha, and related products) at a rate of $0.5662 per pound, while maintaining the existing tax on non-waterpipe pipe tobacco at $2.8311 per pound. The bill defines waterpipe tobacco broadly to include products consumed in waterpipes, including hookah tobacco, shisha, maassel, narghile, and argileh. The tax would apply to waterpipe tobacco manufactured in or imported into the United States after the date of enactment. The bill was introduced in the House and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means for further consideration.
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