Massachusetts Democratic Governor Maura Healey supported sales taxes for items like candy and nicotine products in her budget proposal, drawing the ire of Republicans in the state.

Healey unveiled a budget plan that would increase spending by 7.4% in addition to imposing the taxes, which would apply to sweets and synthetic nicotine products such as Zyn. The chief executive also wants to apply a new excise tax on the value of complimentary hotel rooms.

The tax on candy would raise another $25 million in state revenue. Healey said that the move would incentivize healthier choices for residents and promote the purchase of whole foods.

“What this is doing is simply saying, when you go to the grocery store, instead of having candy treated like a purchase of bread and eggs and milk, you know, essential groceries, that candy is now going to be treated in the same way as when you go to the bakery, the back of the grocery store and pick up cupcakes for your kids,” Healey said last week. “We think that makes sense.”

The tax on nicotine, which would already match the levy imposed on tobacco items, would meanwhile raise $2 million in state revenue, while the hotel excise tax would raise $4 million in funds.

Massachusetts Republican State Representative Todd Smola rebuked the plan in comments to local news, asserting that the new budget proposal constitutes “a hell of a lot of taxes.”

“I’m not so sure how those proposals are going to fly when they start getting reviewed as part of the legislative process, but we’ll see how that plays out,” the lawmaker remarked. “We call the Governor’s budget the DOA budget because it goes through an aggressive process in both the House and the Senate. So we’re going to pick those issues apart very, very carefully.”

Many conservatives and business interests in Massachusetts assert that elevated taxes in the commonwealth prompt residents to conduct business in nearby states like New Hampshire.