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Referendum Challenging a 2020 Law Prohibiting Retail Sale Of Certain Flavored Tobacco Products | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Proposition 31 was aCalifornia ballot proposition regarding the regulation and prohibition offlavored tobacco that appeared on the2022 general election ballot.
A "yes" vote supported limiting the retail sale of flavored tobacco while a "no" vote opposed such limits.[1]
The proposition was areferendum on a 2020 California law, Senate Bill 793, that sought to ban the sale of most flavored tobacco products in stores andvending machines.[2] Violations of the ban would result in fines of $250.[3] Exemptions includedhookah and loose-leaf tobacco.[3]
Supporters of the proposition included theCalifornia Teachers Association, theCalifornia Democratic Party, theKaiser Foundation Health Plan, theAmerican Cancer Society Cancer Action Network,Michael Bloomberg, andGavin Newsom.[3][4] Opponents of the proposition included theCalifornia Republican Party and tobacco companies includingR. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company andPhilip Morris USA.[3][4]
| County | Votes | ||||
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| Votes | Per. | Votes | Per. | Total | |
| Alameda | 358,943 | 75.6% | 115,606 | 24.4% | 474,549 |
| Alpine | 425 | 72.0% | 165 | 28.0% | 590 |
| Amador | 9,455 | 52.3% | 8,617 | 47.7% | |
| Butte | 34,962 | 56.1% | 27,364 | 43.9% | |
| Calaveras | 10,619 | 51.9% | 9,855 | 48.1% | |
| Colusa | 2,118 | 48.2% | 2,272 | 51.8% | |
| Contra Costa | 205,457 | 72.6% | 77,436 | 27.4% | |
| Del Norte | 3,030 | 49.4% | 3,101 | 50.6% | |
| El Dorado | 40,020 | 57.5% | 29,585 | 42.5% | |
| Fresno | 76,818 | 51.7% | 71,887 | 48.3% | |
| Source:California Secretary of State | |||||
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