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California Tobacco Control Web Archive

Collected by: UCSF Industry Documents Library

Archived since: Apr, 2015

Description:

The California Tobacco Control Web Archive is a selective collection of websites produced by government, advocacy groups, bloggers, news agencies, tobacco companies and tobacco-industry front groups related to contemporary California tobacco control public policy efforts such as tobacco tax measures, smoke-free ordinances and retailing limitations.

Subject:   Science & Health Politics & Elections Universities & Libraries California tobacco control public policy ballot initiatives smoke free laws cigarette butts

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Title: California Tobacco Tax for Brain Research Initiative (2014) - Ballotpedia

URL: http://ballotpedia.org/California_Tobacco_Tax_for_Brain_Research_Initiative_(2014)

Description: Excise tax measure for the November 2014 ballot - Increases cigarette tax by $1.00 per pack, with an equivalent increase on other tobacco products. Requires tax revenues to be deposited into a special fund to provide grants and loans to support brain research, including stem cell research, on causes, treatments, detection, and cures for brain disorders and diseases. Creates 11-member oversight committee charged with administering the fund. If new tax causes decreased tobacco consumption, transfers sufficient amount of new tax revenues to offset revenue decrease to other programs funded by existing tobacco taxes. Requires annual independent audit."

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Subject:   tobacco tax excise tax ballot measures,  tobacco related disease

Title: California Tobacco Tax for Healthcare Initiative (2014) - Ballotpedia

URL: http://ballotpedia.org/California_Tobacco_Tax_for_Healthcare_Initiative_%25282014%2529

Description: Tobacco excise tax measure on the November 2014 ballot - Increases cigarette tax by $2.00 per pack, with an equivalent increase on other tobacco products. Allocates revenues primarily to increase funding for healthcare programs and services; also for tobacco use prevention and control programs, for tobacco-related disease research, for state and local agencies to enhance tobacco law enforcement, for University of California to train more physicians, and for administrative expenses. If new tax causes decreased tobacco consumption, transfers new tax revenues to offset decrease to existing tobacco-funded programs. Requires biennial independent audit and accounting.

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Subject:   tobacco tax ballot measures,  tobacco related disease

Title: California's Center for Tobacco Policy and Organizing

URL: http://blog.center4tobaccopolicy.org/

Description: The Center for Tobacco Policy & Organizing assists local Prop 99 funded projects throughout the state meet policy objectives using proven community organizing strategies, and serves as a statewide and local tobacco policy resource. The Center is a project of the American Lung Association in California and is funded by the California Tobacco Control Program. Site includes information on CA local policies and issues, polling, local campaigns, a bill tracker, blog and resources for community organizing.

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Subject:   ballot measures tobacco tax California Proposition 99,  tobacco related disease ,  youth smoke-free housing policy

Title: California's Center for Tobacco Policy and Organizing

URL: http://center4tobaccopolicy.org/

Description: The Center for Tobacco Policy & Organizing assists local Prop 99 funded projects throughout the state meet policy objectives using proven community organizing strategies, and serves as a statewide and local tobacco policy resource. The Center is a project of the American Lung Association in California and is funded by the California Tobacco Control Program. Site includes information on CA local policies and issues, polling, local campaigns, a bill tracker, blog and resources for community organizing.

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Subject:   ballot measures tobacco tax Prop 99,  tobacco related disease ,  legislation smokefree housing advocacy

Title: California's Center for Tobacco Policy and Organizing

URL: http://center4tobaccopolicy.org/bills-updates

Description: The Center for Tobacco Policy & Organizing assists local Prop 99 funded projects throughout the state meet policy objectives using proven community organizing strategies, and serves as a statewide and local tobacco policy resource. The Center is a project of the American Lung Association in California and is funded by the California Tobacco Control Program. Site includes information on CA local policies and issues, polling, local campaigns, a bill tracker, blog and resources for community organizing.

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Subject:   ballot measures tobacco tax Prop 99,  tobacco related disease ,  smokefree housing legislation

Title: American Lung Association in California

URL: http://www.lung.org/associations/states/california

Description: The American Lung Association in California is committed to fighting for the right to breathe clean and healthy air. This is accomplished by working with state and local leaders on issues that impact lung health – from creating smoke-free environments, enhancing tobacco prevention and control programs, reducing air pollution and global warming, and improving health care. The American Lung Association in California fights to eliminate the impact of tobacco and make California smokefree through key advocacy roles on propositions, assembly bills and Senate bills as well as work on State of Tobacco Control Reports, State of the Air reports, and the California Cancer Research Act, among others.

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Subject:   advocacy ballot measures clean air cessation tobacco tax,  tobacco related disease

Title: Californians Against Out-Of-Control Taxes and Spending - No On 29

URL: http://www.stopoutofcontrolspending.com/

Description: Main site for the committee opposed to the California Cancer Research Act 2012 (CCRA). Californians Against Out-of-Control Taxes and Spending is a coalition of California taxpayers, law enforcement, labor and small businesses that have come together to oppose the "$855 million tax hike", the CCRA. Major funding by Philip Morris USA and UST. Site includes factsheets, how to join, advocacy action items, news articles, editorials, press releases and text of the initiative. In February 2012, changes name and URL to 'No On 29'

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Subject:   ballot measures tobacco tax CCRA Lance Armstrong Don Perata,  tobacco related disease ,  front groups

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