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VOTE NO ON PROP 56
Guest post by smokervoter in California about Proposition 56, which will slap a $2 tax on every packet of cigarettes: For various reasons the Medi-Cal indigent childrens’ healthcare program expanded precipitously in 2014. This left a $1.1 billion dollar budget … Continue reading
Vote NO On 56
It’s been nearly four and a half years since I got involved in (successfully) campaigning against California’s Proposition 29, which was a scheme to slap a $1 tax on every cigarette pack sold in California. But the bastards never give … Continue reading
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Tagged 29, antismokers, Politics, smoking ban, Tobacco Control, Trump
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One of Us
I was thinking today how much had changed over the past 5 years since the UK smoking ban came into force. Back then I wasn’t in contact with any other smokers, and while I’d heard of F2c, it took me … Continue reading
Tell Us Where The Jews Live
That was the thought that a comment by Tom in California prompted this evening: Are you, by chance, aware of a new state law in California, that applies statewide, that states that a landlord renting to a tenant is now … Continue reading
Post-Normal Prop 29
Pretty much everybody else seems to have conceded on Prop 29, but not Stan. I just got a call from AP saying that they are calling the race for Big Tobacco. I was a little surprised that they did this … Continue reading
Voting No on Prop 29
The long slow count of mail-in votes on Proposition 29 (to add $1 tax to a packet of cigarettes) in California seems to be approaching its end, and it’s getting quite nail-biting. Currently, with about 5 million votes counted, the … Continue reading
TobaccoTactics and 29
Firstly a few bits and pieces on California Proposition 29. I dug out a YouTube from 26 May where Stanton Glantz was answering a few questions about it. Back then (and it’s only a couple of weeks ago), according to … Continue reading
Vote NO on 29
Slow day. Only 1,758 hits. With California due to vote on Tuesday on Proposition 29, which will pretty much double the tax on tobacco, and rake in $730 million, I’ll take one last look over there. Not content with screwing … Continue reading
Vote No on California Proposition 29
Reproduced from his website with his permission, a guest post by regular Californian commenter Smokervoter on Proposition 29, which goes to the ballot in California on 5 June (next Tuesday). From ballotpedia: If Proposition 29 is approved by California’s voters, the … Continue reading
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