California Proposition 86 (2006)
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California Proposition 86 is a proposition that was on the ballot for California voters in the general election of November 7, 2006.
The proposition was declined by California voters. Threre were 3,212,678 yes votes making up the 47.9% minority. No votes made up the 52.1% majority with 3,493,227 votes.
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[edit] Text from the California Voter Information Guide
Tax on Cigarettes. Initiative Constitutional Amendment and Statute.
[edit] Summary
Imposes additional $2.60 per pack excise tax on cigarettes and indirectly increases taxes on other tobacco products. Provides funding for various health programs, children's health coverage, and tobacco-related programs. Put on the Ballot by Petition Signatures.
Fiscal Impact: Increase in excise tax revenues of about $2.1 billion annually in 2007-08 spent for the specified purposes outlined above. Other potentially significant costs and savings for state and local governments due to program changes.
[edit] Fiscal Impact from the Legislative Analyst:
Increase in excise tax revenues of about $2.1 billion annually in 2007-08 spent for the specified purposes outlined above. Other potentially significant costs and savings for state and local governments due to program changes.
[edit] What Your Vote Means
A YES vote on this measure means: The existing state excise tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products would increase by $2.60 per pack to support new or expanded programs for health services, children’s health coverage, and tobacco-related activities. Other existing programs supported with tobacco excise taxes would continue.
A NO vote on this measure means: State excise taxes on cigarettes and other tobacco products would remain at the current level of 87 cents per pack and would continue to be used for existing purposes, including childhood development programs and various health and tobacco-related programs.
[edit] California & Tobacco Taxes Background
California voters have approved of two previous measures to tax tobacco products in the past. Proposition 86 would have been the third tobacco tax measure to be enacted in California if had passed.
[edit] Prop. 99 (1988) Tobacco Tax and Health Protection Act
Prop. 99 (1988) Tobacco Tax and Health Protection Act.
- Cigarette And Tobacco Tax. - Benefit Fund. - Initiative Constitutional Amendment and Statute. - (placed a 25-cent per pack tax on cigarettes) - (earmarked revenue for environmental and health care programs, including the California Department of Health Services Tobacco Control Program)
This program, Proposition 99, is one of the biggest anti-tobacco interventions worldwide and is widely considered to have been highly successful. Smoking rates in California have steadily declined, from close to 23 percent in 1998 to 14 percent today. California now has the second-lowest rate of adult smoking in the nation, following Utah, and one of the lowest rates of youth smoking (roughly 13 percent of California youth smoke; by comparison, 21.7 percent of high school students smoke nationwide). Proposition 99 has been credited with the dramatic decline of tobacco-related cancers across the state of California.
Proposition 99 was the first tobacco tax measure that was enacted in California. It was followed by the 1998 California Proposition 10, The California Children and Families First Act.
[edit] Prop. 10 (1998) California Children and Families First Act
Prop. 10 (1998) California Children and Families First Act.
- State and County Early Childhood Development Programs. - Additional Tobacco Surtax. - (placed a 50-cent per pack tax on cigarettes to fund early childhood development programs) - (If the current [2006] tobacco tax hike passes, Prop. 10 program funding will likely fall short due to declining cigarette sales)
Proposition 10 created The California Children and Families Commission, which supports children from prenatal to age five. It did this by creating a comprehensive and integrated system of information and services to promote early childhood development and school readiness. Voters approved of the initiative in 1998, which added a 50 cent-per-pack tax to cigarettes and a comparable tax to other tobacco products. It is expected that Prop. 10 has generated approximately $700 million annually since inception.
Proposition 10 was the second tobacco tax measure that was enacted in California. It preceded by the 1988 California Proposition 99, The Tobacco Tax and Health Protection Act.
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