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Proposition 99 is aninitiativestatute which appeared on the November 8th, 1988Californiageneral election ballot, as theTobacco Tax and Health Protection Act.
It was passed by a majority vote of theelectorate. Its primary effect is to impose a 25-cent per pack stateexcise tax on the sale oftobaccocigarettes within California, with approximately equivalent excise taxes similarly imposed on the retail sale of other commercial tobacco products, such ascigars andchewing tobacco. Additional restrictions placed on the sale of tobacco include a ban on cigarettevending machines in public areas accessible byjuveniles, and a ban on the individual sale of single cigarettes.Revenue generated by the act was earmarked for various environmental and health care programs, and anti-tobacco advertisements.[2]
A detailed history of Proposition 99 and its success in reducing smoking is in the book Tobacco War.[3] In its first 15 years (through 2004), the program reduced heart disease deaths and lung cancer incidence and reduced California health care costs by an estimated $86 billion.[4]
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