<P> In the U.S., most states charge sales tax for women's pads and tampons . Nine states have dropped the tampon tax--Minnesota, Illinois, Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Jersey, Connecticut and Florida, according to NPR . Seven other states have introduced such legislation, most recently Nebraska, Virginia and Arizona . </P> <P> California Assembly member Cristina Garcia reported that California women each pay roughly US $7 per month over 40 years, constituting US $20 million in annual taxes . Garcia and Ling Ling Chang proposed a bill to remove the tampon tax in early 2016 . At this period, only a handful of the country's states exempted tampons, and several others had no state sales tax . Garcia held that women were taxed "for being women" and bore an economic burden for having no other choice but to buy these products . Garcia and Chang added that the tax was "regulatory discrimination" that disproportionately affected poor women and women of color, and that it likely persisted due to social taboos against discussing menstruation . Both houses of the California State Legislature voted to exempt tampons from taxation in June 2016, but the bill was vetoed by the state's governor, Jerry Brown, three months later . </P> <P> In July 2016, New York State exempted feminine hygiene products from taxation, reducing the state's tax revenue by an estimated US $10 million annually . Connecticut and Illinois also removed their tax in 2016, with Florida following suit in 2017 . </P> <P> In the United States, nine states have eliminated the tampon tax, and seven states have introduced legislation . In January 2018, California rejected a proposal to eliminate tampon tax . </P>

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