Proposition 56

Cigarette Tax
Results
Choice Votes % Yes 8,980,448 64.43% No 4,957,994 35.57% Valid votes 13,938,442 95.40% Invalid or blank votes 672,067 4.60% Total votes 14,610,509 100.00% Registered voters/turnout 19,411,771 75.27%
Results by county Yes   80–90%   70–80%   60–70%   50–60% No   60–70%   50–60%
Source:California Secretary of State[1]

Proposition 56 is aCalifornia ballot proposition that passed on the November 8, 2016 ballot. It increased thecigarette tax by $2.00 per pack, effective April 1, 2017, with equivalent increases on othertobacco products andelectronic cigarettes containing nicotine.^[2] The bulk of new revenue is earmarked forMedi-Cal.^[3]

A September 2016 poll by thePublic Policy Institute of California showed that 59% of likely voters supported Proposition 56, 36% opposed it, and 5% did not know how they would vote.^[4] A September 2016 poll fromUSC Dornsife /Los Angeles Times showed 63% percent of registered voters in favor of Proposition 56, 32% opposed, and 6% unknown.^[5]

Proposition 56 was approved with 64% of the vote.^[6] Two previous attempts to increase the state cigarette tax narrowly failed withProposition 86 in 2006 andProposition 29 in 2012. Proposition 56 was the first increase in the state cigarette tax sinceProposition 10 in 1998. With the passage of Prop. 56, California's cigarette tax increased from $0.87 per pack to $2.87, increasing its rank from 35th-highest in the country to ninth-highest.^[6]

• California Proposition 99 (1988)
• California Proposition 10 (1998)
• Cigarette taxes in the United States

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• Taxation in California
• Tobacco taxation
• Tobacco control
• Smoking in the United States

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