LINCOLN - A law passed earlier this year changing the definition of a cigarette to include vaping products, which has lumped in certain cigars for tax purposes, has caught the ire of two tobacco product manufacturers and a New York trade association.

Swisher International Inc., Cheyenne International Inc. and the Cigar Association of America last week sued Nebraska’s attorney general and tax commissioner over the change that went into effect Sept. 1.

In a lawsuit filed in Lancaster County District Court, their attorney, Patrick Brookhouser Jr., called the move "unprecedented."

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