African American Leaders Join Efforts to Push Anti-Smoking Initiative
September 28, 2016
The initiative proposes that a $2.00 tax be added to cigarettes and vaping products
Breaking News
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Prop 56
Tobacco Companies Put Up a Fight against Prop 56
August 31, 2016
Initiative will raise tobacco tax by $2.00, a hardship for Tobacco’s target audience: minorities and low income kids
Tobacco Companies Put Up a Fight against Prop 56
August 30, 2016
Officials for a state campaign aimed at ending tobacco use among California’s children are supporting a tobacco tax increase initiative for the November ballot that will raise the price of cigarettes and vaping products but giant tobacco companies are doing everything they can to stop it, they said.