Title: Public opinion on Proposition 29 shifts amidst ad blitz | abc7news.com

URL: http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/politics&id=8679767

Description: Karina Ruse reports for ABC News on May 28, 2012 - A $40 million advertising blitz seems to be making a difference in swaying public opinion on Proposition 29, the tobacco tax initiative on the June ballot. Streaming video.

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Subject:   CCRA,  Prop 29,  tobacco tax ,  public opinion,  ballot measure

Title: Los Angeles Times - No on Prop 29

URL: http://articles.latimes.com/2012/apr/27/opinion/la-ed-prop29-20120427

Description: Los Angeles Times editorial piece on the 2012 ballot measure Proposition 29, the cigarette tax that would use revenue to fund cancer research. The Times position is largely thought to have contributed to the defeat of the proposition.

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Subject:   CCRA,  Prop 29,  tobacco tax ,  ballot measures

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: The Lowdown - KQED Blog

URL: http://blogs.kqed.org/lowdown/tag/proposition-29

Description: KQED News blog focused on the San Francisco Bay Area and greater California issues. Includes multimedia, news clips and video about Proposition 29, the California Cancer Research Act (CCRA) which would add a $1.00 tobacco tax to cigarettes and is up for a vote in June 2012.

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Subject:   CCRA,  Prop 29,  tobacco tax ,  ballot measure,  economics

Title: Tobacco Tax Losing by 63,000 votes | KQED News Fix

URL: http://blogs.kqed.org/newsfix/2012/06/06/tobacco-tax-losing

Description: June 6, 2012 KQED blog post on the fate of Proposition 29, the proposal to add $1 tax to cigarettes.

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Subject:   CCRA,  Prop 29,  tobacco tax ,  ballot measures

Title: The California Report

URL: http://blogs.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2012/05/21/proposition-29-first-cigarette-tax-increase-in-13-years-yes-or-no

Description: Produced by KQED Radio, the California Report provides daily coverage of issues, trends, and public policy decisions affecting California and its diverse population. Includes coverage of the June 2012 Primary Election which put Proposition 29, the California Cancer Research Act (CCRA) up for a vote. Prop 29 proposes a $1.00 tax on cigarettes with the monies going towards cancer research. Also includes posts regarding CA spending of tobacco control monies

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Subject:   CCRA,  tobacco tax ,  economics,  ballot measures,  policy,  Prop 29

Title: Nature News Blog

URL: http://blogs.nature.com/news/2012/06/californians-vote-down-cancer-research-fund-or-did-they.html

Description: Blog by the journal Nature. Includes post regarding the outcome of the vote counts for Proposition 29, the California Cancer Research Act (CCRA) that would add a $1.00 tobacco tax to every cigarette pack.

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Subject:   CCRA,  Prop 29,  ballot measures,  tobacco tax

Title: Capitol Alert: California senator proposes $2-a-pack increase in cigarette tax

URL: http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2013/04/california-senator-proposes-2-dollar-a-pack-increase-in-cigarette-tax.html

Description: Senator Kevin de León, D-Los Angeles, has amended his Senate Bill 768 to serve as the vehicle for a $2 a pack tax hike. The estimated $1.2 billion in annual revenues from the increase would go to yet-to-be-specified health programs and causes, including promoting access to care and tobacco-related health services.

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Subject:   Senate Bill,  tobacco tax ,  healthcare,  excise tax,  SB 768

Title: California Secretary of State - CalAccess - Campaign Finance - Prop 56

URL: http://cal-access.sos.ca.gov/Campaign/Committees/Detail.aspx?id=1386637&session=2015&view=late1

Description: Contributions and independent expenditures of $1,000 or more from groups and organizations opposing Prop 56 such as Philip Morris, RJ Reynolds and their affiliates such as ITG Brands and John Middleton co.

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Subject:   Prop 56,  tobacco tax ,  ballot measure,  finance,  campaign funding

Title: Yes on Prop 29 - Who's Side are you on?

URL: http://californiavsbigtobacco.com/

Description: Social media driven site to generate voting for Proposition 29 : The California Cancer Research Act and sharing of the video on the site.

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Subject:   CCRA,  ballot measures,  tobacco tax ,  Prop 29,  social media,  video sharing

Title: Ballot Bullies: Big Tobacco Goes All Out to Kill Proposition 56 – Capital & Main

URL: http://capitalandmain.com/ballot-bullies-big-tobacco-goes-all-out-to-kill-proposition-56-1025/

Description: Blog post about how the tobacco companies have battled against the Proposition 56 ballot initiative, pouring more than $71 million to date into a campaign funding radio and TV ads that have been decried as “supremely sleazy” by the editorial board of the Mercury News, and pilloried by health advocates, the Politifact fact-checking organization and other newspapers including the Los Angeles Times. The opposition campaign, titled “No on 56: Stop the Special Interest Tax Grab,” has so far been 100 percent funded by tobacco companies, with just two companies, Philip Morris (via their affiliate, Altria) and RJ Reynolds donating n excess of $50 million. While Prop. 56 had significant support in polls taken in September, proponents worry that support is slipping under the barrage of cigarette company ads.

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Subject:   Prop 56,  tobacco tax ,  ballot measure,  campaign finance

Title: Even Media Knows Fraud of Tobacco Tax Ballot Measure | California Political News and Views

URL: http://capoliticalnews.com/2012/04/15/even-media-knows-fraud-of-tobacco-tax-ballot-measure/

Description: Blog published by longtime political consultant, Stephen Frank focused on California political news. Includes alerts on specific topics, news, petitions and videos.

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Subject:   California politics,  tobacco tax ,  CCRA,  Prop 29,  SB 768

Title: Grimes: Would a new CA tobacco tax actually DECREASE state revenues?

URL: http://capoliticalnews.com/2013/07/28/grimes-would-a-new-ca-tobacco-tax-actually-decrease-state-revenues

Description: Blog published by longtime political consultant, Stephen Frank focused on California political news. Includes alerts on specific topics, news, petitions and videos.

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Subject:   California politics,  tobacco tax ,  CCRA,  Prop 29,  SB 768

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: ChangeLab Solutions (formerly TALC)

URL: http://changelabsolutions.org/tobacco-control

Description: ChangeLab Solutions, formerly known as the Public Health Law & Policy site, provides general information about tobacco control legal issues in California communities. The site includes fact sheets, model documents, reports, legal memos and presentations including ways to implement smokefree housing policies and an administrative tobacco enforcement roadmap.

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Subject:   advocacy,  ballot measures,  tobacco tax ,  tobacco related disease,  smoking bans

Title: San Francisco Bay View - African American tobacco control experts unanimously support Prop 29

URL: http://sfbayview.com/2012/african-american-tobacco-control-experts-unanimously-support-prop-29

Description: Letter by Carol Mc Gruder and Phillip Gardiner in the San Francisco Bay View - a national online Black newspaper - that responds to an opinion piece about prop 29 by the head of the California Black Chamber of Commerce, Aubrey Stone.

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Subject:   Prop 29,  CCRA,  Ballot measures,  tobacco tax

Title: Liberal billionaire, public-sector unions push for higher taxes on tobacco, E-cigarettes

URL: http://watchdog.org/255155/california-taxes-tobacco-e-cigarettes/

Description: Tom Steyer, the California-based hedge fund manager known for spending huge sums of money to support progressive causes, announced this week his plan to spend $1 million backing a proposed ballot initiative that would raise California’s tobacco tax by $2. The ballot initiative would also extend tobacco taxes to electronic cigarettes

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Subject:   ecigarette,  tobacco tax ,  Prop 56,  ballot measure,  Steyer, Tom

Title: Californians for a Cure - California Cancer Research Act

URL: http://www.californiansforacure.org/

Description: Main campaign website for the June 2012 California Cancer Research Act which qualified for California's next statewide ballot after its supporting coalition submitted over 600,000 voter signatures for verification in June 2010. If passed, the CCRA will provide more than $500 million a year to find new ways to detect, treat, prevent, and cure cancer and other tobacco-related illnesses. The coalition is led by the American Cancer Society, American Lung Association in California, American Heart Association, Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids, Stand Up To Cancer, and Livestrong. Site includes videos and media from cancer survivors, text of the full initiative, ways to donate and advocate, and campaign news. Site taken down sometime in December 2012

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Subject:   cancer,  tobacco tax ,  ballot measures,  Lance Armstrong,  Don Perata,  cessation,  cancer research,  tobacco-related disease,  Prop 29,  CCRA

Title: Capitol Weekly - Fight for a tobacco tax

URL: http://www.capitolweekly.net/article.php?_c=10n0owdp53wxczn&xid=10n0o58qok691ak&done=.10n0owdp53x6czn

Description: Opinion piece in the Capitol Weekly arguing the fight for a tobacco tax showed lack of common sense and did not engage minority groups.

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Subject:   Prop 29,  CCRA,  tobacco tax ,  ballot measures

Title: Consequences from Smoking, Sure; but Consequences from Tobacco Tax, too

URL: http://www.foxandhoundsdaily.com/2016/09/consequences-smoking-sure-consequences-tobacco-tax/

Description: Fox & Hounds article on how the tax on tobacco would affect the state of California including increased smuggling and the risk of a shortfall in the MSA tobacco company payments due to reduced demand for legal cigarettes

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Subject:   Prop 56,  tobacco tax ,  ballot measure,  smuggling,  MSA payments,  general fund,  healthcare,  policy

Title: California Proposition 29 posts on Huffington Post

URL: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tag/california-proposition-29

Description: Blog, news and video regarding California Proposition 29, the tobacco tax ballot initiative that would add a $1.00 tax to cigarettes.

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Subject:   Prop 29,  CCRA,  tobacco tax ,  Lance Armstrong,  video,  cancer research,  ballot measures

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: The Investigative Unit Follows Prop 29 Money Trail | NBC Bay Area

URL: http://www.nbcbayarea.com/investigations/The-Investigative-Unit-Follows-Prop-29-Money-Trail--156450895.html

Description: Stephen Stock and the NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit found that some supposed independent groups opposing Proposition 29 actually have the backing of the tobacco industry. Included among those contributors to "No On 29” are Philip Morris and US Smokeless Tobacco whose parent company Altria, gave $30.5 million, Philip Morris Tobacco Company, which contributed $11.1 million and American Snuff Company, whose parent company Reynolds American Inc., gave $1.75 million.

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Subject:   front groups,  lobbying,  tobacco tax ,  Prop 29,  CCRA,  ballot measures,  politics,  contributions

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

URL: http://www.noon29.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.

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Subject:   ballot measure,  tobacco tax ,  ccra,  Prop 29,  cancer research,  Perata, Don,  Armstrong, Lance,  cigarette tax

Title: Vote No on Prop 56 | Stop the Special Interest Tax Grab

URL: http://www.noonproposition56.com/

Description: Official website for the No on Proposition 56, the proposed $2 tax on tobacco products set for the 2016 November ballot in California. The site states "Prop 56 is a $1.4 billion “tax hike grab” by insurance companies and other wealthy special interests to dramatically increase their profits by shortchanging schools and ignoring other pressing problems." Major funding for the special interest group by Philip Morris Inc and RJ Reynolds

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Subject:   tobacco tax ,  ballot measure,  prop 56

Title: Tobacco industry misleads in Prop 56 'doctor advertisement' | PolitiFact California

URL: http://www.politifact.com/california/statements/2016/oct/25/no-56-campaign/tobacco-industry-misleads-prop-56-doctor-advertise/

Description: Opponents of Proposition 56, California’s proposed tobacco tax increase, have raised more than $66 million to defeat the November ballot measure. Nearly all of that money has come from the tobacco industry and much of it has been spent on television ads criticizing the initiative.

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Subject:   Prop 56,  tobacco tax ,  campaign finance,  ballot measure

Title: Big Tobacco Cash Floods California to Defeat New Tax | PR Watch

URL: http://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/06/11580/big-tobacco-cash-floods-california-defeat-new-tax/

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Subject:   tobacco tax ,  Prop 29

Title: Save Lives California

URL: http://www.savelivescalifornia.com/

Description: SAVE LIVES CALIFORNIA is a coalition made up of the American Heart Association, American Lung Association in California and American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, joined by doctors, nurses, patients, survivors, hospitals, healthcare workers and taxpayers all dedicated to passing a life-saving $2 tobacco tax ballot measure by the end of 2016. The California Tobacco Tax for Healthcare, Research & Prevention Act proposes a new $2 per pack tax on tobacco products to save the lives of Californians suffering from deadly and preventable diseases, and prevent more youth from using tobacco in the first place. The revenue generated from the law will expand treatment services for Medi-Cal patients with tobacco-related and other illnesses, support existing statewide programs to prevent youth from using tobacco, stop illegal sales of tobacco, and increase funding for medical research into new treatments and cures for deadly diseases such as cancer and heart disease.

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Subject:   legislation,  tobacco tax ,  ballot measures,  California,  medical research,  SB 591

Title: Streaming Audio - Prop 29 debate between American Lung Assoc and Americans for Prosperity | AirTalk | 89.3 KPCC

URL: http://www.scpr.org/programs/airtalk/2012/05/29/26691/prop-29/

Description: KPCC's AirTalk radio program for May 29, 2012 featuring Prop 29, the California Cancer Research Act of 2012, proposing a $1 tax on cigarettes. Guests: Jane Warner, President & CEO, American Lung Association of California; representing the Yes on 29 campaign and David Spady, State Director, Americans for Prosperity; representing the No on 29 campaign.

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Subject:   CCRA,  Prop 29,  tobacco tax ,  audio,  ballot measures,  Americans for Prosperity,  American Lung Association

Title: AirTalk | 4 things the pro and anti campaigns want you to know about California's proposed tobacco tax hike | 89.3 KPCC

URL: http://www.scpr.org/programs/airtalk/2016/10/18/52748/debating-prop-56-should-tobacco-taxes-be-raised/

Description: The ballot measure would give California one of the highest taxes on tobacco, taking the current rate from 87 cents to $2.87 per pack of cigarettes. E-cigarettes and cigars, as well as other tobacco products would be included in the tax. Larry Mantle hosted a debate with Robb Korinke of the Yes on 56 campaign and Beth Miller of the No on 56 campaign.

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Subject:   Prop 56;,  tobacco tax ,  ballot measure,  debate,  audio

Title: Proposition 56 - Cigarette Tax to Fund Healthcare, Tobacco Use Prevention, Research, and Law Enforcement. Initiative Constitutional Amendment and Statute. | California Secretary of State

URL: http://www.sos.ca.gov/campaign-lobbying/cal-access-resources/measure-contributions/proposition-56-cigarette-tax-fund-healthcare-tobacco-use-prevention-research-and-law-enforcement-initiative-constitutional-amend/

Description: Proposition 56 Ballot Measure Total Contributions and opposition contributions

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Subject:   Prop 56,  tobacco tax ,  ballot measure,  contributions,  campaign finance

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

Title: Vote YES on Prop 56 to Save Lives | Save Lives California

URL: http://www.yeson56.org/

Description: Proposition 56, the California Healthcare, Research and Prevention Tobacco Tax Act of 2016, will increase California’s cigarette tax by $2 per pack, with an equivalent increase on products containing nicotine derived from tobacco, including e-cigarettes. Paid for by Yes on 56-Save Lives California, a coalition of Doctors, Dentists, Health Plans, Labor, Hospitals and Non-profit Health Advocate Organizations. Major funding by California Hospitals Committee on Issues, (CHCI) Sponsored by California Association of Hospitals and Health Systems (CAHHS) and California State Council of Service Employees Issues Committee.

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Subject:   tobacco tax ,  Prop 56,  ballot measure,  tobacco related disease,  healthcare

Title: California Proposition 56, Tobacco Tax Increase (2016) - Ballotpedia

URL: https://ballotpedia.org/California_Proposition_56,_Tobacco_Tax_Increase_(2016)

Description: The California Tobacco Tax Initiative (#15-0029 and #15-0030) was an initiated state statute that initially did not make the California ballot for November 8, 2016. Two versions of the initiative were approved for circulation and both measures failed to reach the ballot in March 2016. But as of May, 2016, the initiative was alive as a combined initiated constitutional amendment and state statute. Page lists supporters and opposition as well as full text of the initiative and campaign contributions.

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Subject:   Prop 56,  tobacco tax ,  ballot measure,  tobacco related healthcare costs

Title: No On 56 (@NoOnProp56) | Twitter

URL: https://twitter.com/noonprop56/

Description: Twitter account for the No on Proposition 56 campaign.

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Subject:   tobacco tax ,  Prop 56,  ballot measure,  social media

Title: Hypocritical “Save Lives” Coalition Proposes Tax On Life-Saving Tobacco Alternative

URL: https://www.atr.org/hypocritical-save-lives-coalition-proposes-tax-life-saving-tobacco-alternative/

Description: Post against the 2016 ballot measure that would not only add a $2 tax to cigarettes but would include e-cigarettes

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Subject:   tobacco tax ,  ballot measure,  Save Lives California,  e-cigarette,  Steyer, Tom

Title: No on Proposition 56 - Stop the Special Interest Tax Grab - YouTube, October 19, 2016

URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Pde0CGC0bM&feature=youtu.be

Description: Video produced by the No on Proposition 56 campaign regarding the revenue that would be generated and then misdirected by the proposition

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Subject:   Prop 56,  social media,  video;,  ballot measure;,  tobacco tax ,  state revenue