Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Prop 29: Dollar-a-pack cigarette tax measure falls behind

A ballot measure that would increase state taxes on cigarettes by a dollar a pack fell behind early Wednesday, the secretary of state's office said. - SF Chronicle

Proposition 29, which would raise $810 million a year for cancer research and smoking cessation programs, trailed by 50.8 percent to 49.2 percent. All precincts were reporting, but mail-in ballots that arrived on election day and other votes remained to be counted.