Trend: Strong Voter Support for $2 more in tobacco taxes

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August 27, 2015

67% of California voters favor raising the tax on cigarettes by an additional $2.

The legislative proposal is backed by health and labor groups in California, including:

Health Access California
SEIU California State Council
the California Medical Association
California Dental Association
American Cancer Society

4 Facts about the California cigarette tax:

it is 87cents per pack
it was last raised in 1998
In 2012 voters defeated a $1 per pack ballot initiative
In 2006, tobacco companies stopped an additional $2.60-a-pack tax, Proposition 86, by a margin of 52% to 48%