Prop. 29:Cigarette Tax

Imposes additional tax on cigarettes for cancer research.

Outcome: Failed

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Santa Monica Mirror 50th Assembly District Candidates Comment On Tuesday's Close Primary Result June 8, 2012
CNN Cigarette Tax Back From the Dead June 8, 2012
Fox&Hounds Does Death Penalty Repeal Have a Prop 29 Problem? June 8, 2012
California Progress Report Past And Future Ballot Campaigns June 8, 2012
Mohave Valley Daily News (AP) Uncounted Ballots Keep California in Limbo June 8, 2012
Myiris CA Tax Could Depress Payments to All Tobacco Bonds: Fitch June 7, 2012
Businessweek California Cigarette Tax Trails as All Precincts Counted June 7, 2012
KMPH Fox 26 (Fresno) California Primary Votes Still Being Counted June 7, 2012
Sacramento Bee California Tobacco Tax Backers Hope Uncounted Ballots Turn Tide June 7, 2012
Reuters California Voters Reject Raising Tobacco Tax June 7, 2012
New Scientist California's Proposed Cigarette Tax Hangs by a Thread June 7, 2012
United Press International California's Tobacco Tax Fate Dim June 7, 2012
KVEC (San Luis Obispo) Californians Vote Down Cigarette Tax June 7, 2012
JD Journal California’s Prop 29 Defeated June 7, 2012
San Jose Mercury News (AP) Correction: California Tobacco Tax story June 7, 2012
Look to the Stars Lance Armstrong Blogs For Maria Shriver June 7, 2012
KSRO (Sonoma County) Prop 29 Loses In Tight Vote Count June 7, 2012
Columbus, Indiana Republic (AP) Prop. 29 Backers Hold Out Hope as Gap Narrows June 7, 2012
Convenience Store News Proposition 29 Flames Out in California Election June 7, 2012
NBC Bay Area Proposition 29 Up in Smoke? June 7, 2012
Orange County Register Tobacco Millions Seen as Turning the Tide Against Prop. 29 June 7, 2012
Vacaville Reporter Tobacco-Tax Proposition Likely to Go Up in Smoke June 7, 2012
LA Times Yes on 29 Campaign Refuses to Concede on Tobacco Tax Initiative June 7, 2012
San Francisco Chronicle Prop. 29: Cigarette Tax Vote Close June 6, 2012
Newser (AP) Big Tobacco Campaign's Strength in Calif. Cigarette Tax Could Echo in Other States June 6, 2012
Sacramento Bee Bleary-Eyed Prop. 29 Campaigns in Wait-and-See Mode June 6, 2012
CBS Evening News Calif. Tobacco Tax Proposal Faces Challenge June 6, 2012
CNN California Cigarette Tax Remains Too Close to Call June 6, 2012
LA Times California Cigarette Tax: Voters Divided in North, South June 6, 2012
ABC News California Proposition 29 to Raise Tax on Cigarettes Has Voters Divided June 6, 2012
Science Now California Rejects Tobacco Tax to Raise Money for Research June 6, 2012
Slate California Voters Split on $1-Per-Pack Cigarette Tax June 6, 2012
International Business Times California's Prop 29 Results: Once-Favored Cigarette Tax Hike Still Too Close to Call June 6, 2012
Convenience Store News California's Proposition 29 Proves a Nail Biter June 6, 2012
Global Post California's Proposition 29 tobacco tax vote too close to call June 6, 2012
Barron's Cigarette Price Hikes Likely Soon June 6, 2012
Beverly Hills Courier Election Results: Proposition 28 Passes, Proposition 29 Defeated June 6, 2012
San Francisco Chronicle Gov. Jerry Brown (Video) Says San Jose “Very Powerful Signal” Pension Reform “an Imperative” June 6, 2012
LA Times Higher Tobacco Tax? It's Still a No-Brainer June 6, 2012
ABC News 10 (Sacramento) Prop 29 Fails; Term Limits Passes June 6, 2012
KESQ (Palm Springs) Prop 29 Goes Up In Smoke June 6, 2012
CSP Daily News Prop 29 Packs It In June 6, 2012
KESQ (Palm Springs) Prop 29 Remains Up in the Air June 6, 2012
KMIR 6 (Palm Springs) Prop 29, Up In Smoke? June 6, 2012
Politico Prop 29: California Cigarette Tax Too Close to Call June 6, 2012
ABC 7 (Chicago) (AP) Prop 29: California Voters Split on Tobacco Tax June 6, 2012
KCET (Los Angeles) Prop 29: Support For Cigarette Tax Increase Slightly Trailing June 6, 2012
NBC Bay Area Prop. 29 a Virtual Tie So Far June 6, 2012
Orange County Register Prop. 29 Tobacco Tax Losing; Prop. 28 Term Limits Pass June 6, 2012
CBS 13 Sacramento Proposition 29 Looks Like A Loser June 6, 2012
SF Weekly Proposition 29 Results Are Close Enough to Make You Want to Chain Smoke June 6, 2012
The Appeal-Democrat Thomas D. Elias: Propositions Drew Light Interest June 6, 2012
Winston-Salem Journal Tobacco Money Contributed to Likely Defeat of California Tobacco Tax June 6, 2012
Cigar Aficionado Tobacco Tax Hike Barely Defeated in California June 6, 2012
San Jose Mercury News Tobacco Tax Increase in Doubt; Term-Limit Changes Pass by Landslide June 6, 2012
Desert Sun Voters Divided on Cigarette Tax Initiative Proposition 29 June 6, 2012
LA Times Voters Split on Proposition 29 Tobacco Tax June 6, 2012
Benicia Patch A Benicia Resident Who Will Vote for Prop. 29 June 5, 2012
Tri Valley Herald Barnidge: Sifting Through the Fine Print Before Tuesday's Election June 5, 2012
Forbes Billionaires (Including Mike Bloomberg) vs. Big Tobacco in California Ballot Measure to Boost Cigarette Tax June 5, 2012
KABC-TV (Los Angeles) California Primary Kicks Off With Two Big Changes June 5, 2012
International Business Times California Primary Vote Might Be A Nightmare For Big Tobacco June 5, 2012
Indiana News Center California Voters Consider Increasing State's Cigarette Tax June 5, 2012
CNBC California Voters Decide Cigarette Tax Fight June 5, 2012
KPCC Southern California Radio California Voters Head to the Polls for Primary Election June 5, 2012
Digital Journal Campbell Cigar Club Speaks Out Against Prop 29 June 5, 2012
CNN Cigarette Showdown as Californians Vote on Tax June 5, 2012
CBS This Morning Cigarette Tax Hike Hot Issue on Calif. Ballot June 5, 2012
MSNBC Controversial Props and ‘Ballot Bait’ June 5, 2012
KTLA (Los Angeles) Election Day: Calif. to Decide on Tobacco Tax, Term Limits June 5, 2012
LA Times Election Day: Polls Open at 7 a.m. for California Voters June 5, 2012
University of California, Riverside Highlander Polls Show Majority in Support of Gov. Brown’s Tax Initiative June 5, 2012
Medical Daily Taxes on Cigarettes Prevent Mothers from Smoking, Study June 5, 2012
Reuters Text-Fitch: Calif. Tax Could Depress Payments to All Tobacco Bonds June 5, 2012
The New American Tobacco Industry Spends $47M to Defeat California Cigarette Tax June 5, 2012
Newsmax Bad Tobacco Habits Fund Good Healthcare for Children June 4, 2012
Businessweek California’s Everybody-Into-the-Pool Primary Faces Test June 4, 2012
Gilroy Dispatch City’s Smokers Could Get Snubbed June 4, 2012
Los Angeles Daily News Editorial: Vote Tuesday. It Counts -- Primary Has Potential to Change State Politics June 4, 2012
Eureka Times-Standard Humboldt Residents to Decide Future Leaders Tuesday; Voters to Cast Ballots for Supervisor Candidates June 4, 2012
Fresno Bee Pension-Cutting Efforts Watched in Voting June 4, 2012
San Diego Business Journal Proposition 29 Fight Draws Business Leaders June 4, 2012
Tri Valley Herald Proposition 29 is Facing Long Odds to Overcome Big Tobacco's Vast Money Advantage. June 4, 2012
NBC Bay Area Proposition 29: Will Money Buy Doubt? June 4, 2012
New American Media Small Tobacco Retailers Worry Prop. 29 Would Shut Them Out June 4, 2012
Capitol Weekly Smoke and Mirrors: Tobacco Tax Fight Comes Down to Money June 4, 2012
California Watch State's Top 100 Political Donors Contribute $1.25 Billion June 4, 2012
UK Guardian Tobacco Companies Blitz Airwaves to Block California Tax on Cigarettes June 4, 2012
USC News Tobacco Symposium Targets the Power of Information June 4, 2012
Think Progress Annie-Rose Strasser: Top 8 Things You Should Know About California’s Proposed Tobacco Tax June 4, 2012
KQED News (Bay Area) Voters Divided on Proposition 29 Cigarette Tax for Cancer Research June 4, 2012
New York Times A $1 Cigarette Tax Starts a $47 Million Brawl in California June 3, 2012
Gawker Anti-Smoking Advocates Fight for Cigarette Tax Against Comically Evil Big Tobacco June 3, 2012
San Jose Mercury News (AP) Calif. Voters Face Redrawn Ballot, New Districts June 3, 2012
NBC Bay Area Is a Vote for Prop 29 a Vote for More Props? June 3, 2012
KGO-TV (San Francisco) Low Voter Turnout Expected for California Primary June 3, 2012
Newser Tobacco Giants Pummel Plan to Tax Cali Cigarettes June 3, 2012
Orange County Register Two Polls Show Prop. 29 Tobacco Tax Leading June 3, 2012
Forbes California Cigarette Tax Battle Attracts Money and Attention From Big Tobacco, Bloomberg and Armstrong June 2, 2012
CNN Big Tobacco Wages War on Cigarette Tax June 1, 2012
KMPH Fox 26 (Fresno) California Voters Support Cigarette Tax, Poll Shows June 1, 2012
USA Today (AP) California's Prop 29 is Big Tobacco vs. Lance Armstrong June 1, 2012
Convenience Store News Cigarette Price Hikes Loom Around the Corner June 1, 2012
Greenfield Daily Reporter (AP) Cycling Champ Lance Armstrong, Tobacco Industry in High-Dollar Fight Over Calif. Cigarette Tax June 1, 2012
Echo Park Patch Election Watch: Proposition 29 June 1, 2012
Seattle Times ken: In California, It's Big Tobacco vs Lance Armstrong June 1, 2012
Orange County Register Morning Letters: The Pros and Cons of the Prop. 29 Tobacco Tax (Letters to the Editor) June 1, 2012
RedOrbit Poll Shows California Voters Favor Cigarette Tax June 1, 2012
KGPE CBS 47 (Fresno) Prop 29: Yes or No? June 1, 2012
Fox&Hounds Voter Turnout on Tuesday—It Will Be Low June 1, 2012
Fox&Hounds Actually, I’d Like Some Bureaucracy With That $735 Million May 31, 2012
Wall Street Journal Ad Blitz Ahead of California Vote on Cigarette Tax May 31, 2012
Sacramento Bee AM Alert: Will California Lawmakers Keep Their Current Pay? May 31, 2012
Benicia Patch Benicia Voters Starting to Get Mail For Measures They’ll See on Primary Election Ballot May 31, 2012
Chico News & Review Big Tobacco Fights Prop. 29 May 31, 2012
Survey USA California Prop 29 Could Go Either Way; Feinstein Opponent Unknowable Heading Into Final Weekend Before Primary May 31, 2012
KPCC Southern California Radio California Voters to Decide Fate of Prop 29 Cigarette Tax on June 5 May 31, 2012
UCSF News California Voters to Decide on Increasing Cigarette Tax May 31, 2012
Sacramento Bee Field Poll Finds Slipping Support for California Tobacco Tax Measure May 31, 2012
Reuters Poll Suggests Close Election for Calif. Tobacco Tax May 31, 2012
Chico News & Review Term Limits Tweak Favored, but Cigarette Tax Not as Much May 31, 2012
Fox&Hounds Up in Smoke? May 31, 2012
Manteca Bulletin $1 Cigarette Tax Hike on Ballot Burns Smokers May 30, 2012
Sacramento Bee Dan Morain: Tobacco Cash Wafts Widely, is Hard to Track May 30, 2012
LA Times Letters: Comparing Propositions May 30, 2012
KCET (Los Angeles) More Prop 29 Facts to Make Your Head Spin (That's Not a Buzz) May 30, 2012
Porterville Recorder Prop. 29 Stirs Tobacco Debate Again May 30, 2012
Modesto Bee State Initiatives, Heated Sacramento City Council Races Getting Attention May 30, 2012
East County Magazine Steiner Brings a “New Approach” to the Race for 77th Assembly May 30, 2012
KQED News (Bay Area) Study Says States Don't Spend Enough on Tobacco Control May 30, 2012
Sacramento Bee The Buzz: Dan Schnur, Jon Fleischman Debate Proposition 28 on Term Limits Today May 30, 2012
Sacramento Bee Tobacco Companies Spend $40 Million to Defeat Smoking Tax May 30, 2012
Aljazeera Tobacco Firms Accused of Thwarting Controls May 30, 2012
LA Times Voters Back Tobacco Tax but Split on Term-Limits Change May 30, 2012
Good Times All About Props May 29, 2012
Sonora Union Democrat Chamber Announces PAC Endorsements May 29, 2012
The Hill Lance Armstrong Prods Berman, Sherman on California Tobacco Tax May 29, 2012
The Poly Post Potential Laws for Improvement May 29, 2012
KPCC Southern California Radio Prop 29 Aims to Tax Cigarettes & Fund Cancer Research May 29, 2012
Sacramento Bee Study: California Isn't Using Tobacco Money for Smoking Prevention Programs May 29, 2012
Forbes California's Politicians Are Gutless Pukes May 28, 2012
San Mateo Daily Journal Proposition Aims to Add a $1 a Pack Tax to Cigarettes May 28, 2012
KGO-TV (San Francisco) Public Opinion on Prop 29 Shifts Amidst Ad Blitz May 28, 2012
Vacaville Reporter Young People Share Views on Prop. 29 May 27, 2012
KCRA (Sacramento) Prop 29 Support Up in Smoke May 26, 2012
Chicago Tribune (Reuters) Reuters Health News Summary May 26, 2012
LA Weekly $1 Per Pack Cigarette Tax in California? Support is Burning Out May 25, 2012
Daily Kos Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: Republican Jesse Kelly Catches a Bad Case of Coffman's Disease May 25, 2012
Pasadena Star-News It's Politics: Pasadena's Education Cold War May 25, 2012
Inland News Today Poll: Prop 29 May Be Going Up in Smoke May 25, 2012
SF Weekly Prop. 29 Losing Voter Support, Though Cigarette Tax Remains Popular May 25, 2012
NACS Online (Reuters) Support for California Tobacco Tax Increase Loses Steam May 25, 2012
Convenience Store News Support for Prop 29 Wavers as June 5 Vote Nears May 25, 2012
RamonaPatch UCSD and SDSU Political Scientists Handicap Propositions 28 and 29 May 25, 2012
KQED (Bay Area) Who Smokes? The Demographics of Lighting Up May 25, 2012
Fox&Hounds Ads Alone Don’t Push Poll Numbers May 24, 2012
KSBY (San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara) Cigarettes Could Cost You More if Proposition 29 Passes in June May 24, 2012
Fox&Hounds Prop. 29 Foes Won’t Say the Word “Tobacco” May 24, 2012
LA Weekly Proposition 29 Cigarette Tax May 24, 2012
San Luis Obispo Tribune SLO County Health Commission Votes to Support Cigarette-Tax Increase May 24, 2012
Reuters Support for Calif. Tobacco Tax Hike Falls Off May 24, 2012
San Jose Mercury News Support for New California Tobacco Tax Drops May 24, 2012
Huffington Post California Prop 29 Pits Lance Armstrong Against Big Tobacco May 23, 2012
Bloomberg Businessweek California Tobacco Tax Pits Lance Armstrong Versus Altria May 23, 2012
Sacramento Bee Dan Walters Daily: Prop. 29 Would Raise Over $700 Million a Year May 23, 2012
ABC News Obama’s Southern Discomfort (The Note) May 23, 2012
San Francisco Chronicle (AP) Poll Finds Support Fading for $1 Cigarette Tax May 23, 2012
Bay Citizen Poll: Cigarette Tax Race a Toss-Up May 23, 2012
Calbuzz PPIC Survey Exposes CA Voters' Self-Contradictions May 23, 2012
News10 Sacramento Prop 29 Support Plummets, New Poll Finds May 23, 2012
KPBS (San Diego) Prop 29 Would Make Smokers Cough Up Higher Taxes May 23, 2012
KABC-TV (Los Angeles) Proposition 29 Seeks Cigarette-Tax Hike May 23, 2012
Noozhawk Survey Finds Drop in Support for Cigarette Tax, While Most Back Term Limits Change May 23, 2012
USC News Proposition 29 Symposium to be Held May 30 May 21, 2012
KQED News (Bay Area) Proposition 29: First Cigarette Tax Increase in 13 Years. Yes or No? May 21, 2012
Bakersfield Californian Would Tobacco Tax Money Go Out of State? May 21, 2012
San Diego Union-Tribune Letters: Prop. 29 (Letters to the Editor) May 19, 2012
KQED News (Bay Area) Prop 29: Should Smoking in California Be More Expensive? May 18, 2012
San Francisco Chronicle (Bloomberg) Youth Lighting Up Less as Taxes Rise, Survey Shows May 18, 2012
Sacramento Bee California's Proposition 28 Would Let Legislative Leaders Serve Longer Stints May 17, 2012
City Watch LA Last Remaining Smokers Face Big Tax Hike on June Ballot May 17, 2012
The Daily Comet (AP) Bloomberg Gives to Calif. Tobacco Tax Campaign May 16, 2012
Central Valley Business Times California’s Cigarette Tax Campaign Raises More Money Than All Super PACs But One May 15, 2012
KPBS Proposition 29 Gives Smokers One More Reason To Quit May 15, 2012
KCOY Central Coast News Proposition 29: Tobacco Tax For Cancer Research May 15, 2012
Los Alamitos - Seal Beach Patch Protesters Target Los Alamitos Doctor May 15, 2012
Visalia Times-Delta Tulare Chamber of Commerce Committee Comes out Against Proposition 29 May 15, 2012
Rafu Shimpo: Los Angeles Japanese Daily News AAPI Voters Urged To Support Cancer Research Act May 14, 2012
Tax Foundation Monday Map: California Prop. 29 and State Cigarette Excise Taxes May 14, 2012
LA Times NYC's Mayor Bloomberg Ponies up for California Anti-smoking Measure May 14, 2012
Sacramento Bee Tough Sell for Tobacco Taxes in California May 14, 2012
KEYT (Santa Barbara) Cigarette Tax Would Raise Money for Research May 13, 2012
KCBS (San Francisco) In Depth: Pros And Cons Of Prop 29 May 13, 2012
Napa Valley Register June 5 Vote to Decide $1-a-Pack Cigarette Tax May 13, 2012
San Francisco Chronicle Prop. 29 Cigarette Tax Would Fund Research May 13, 2012
KABC (Sacramento) Proposition 29 Could Raise $735M; Opponents Question Fund Use May 13, 2012
East County Magazine Tobacco Industry Spends Big to Oppose Prop 29 May 13, 2012
McClatchy Tobacco-Tax Increase on California Ballot, but it Can't Help Solve Budget Crisis May 13, 2012
Around Dublin Articles on ‘Proposition 29’ May 12, 2012
Heartlander Magazine California Voters to Have Say Over Cigarette Tax Hike Measure May 12, 2012
KEYT (Santa Barbara) Cigarette Tax Would Raise Money for Research May 12, 2012
San Francisco Chronicle Cigarette-Tax Backers Add Funds to Fight Prop. 29 May 12, 2012
NBC Bay Area Jerry Brown Kicks Prop. 29 Doctor From Panel May 12, 2012
LA Times Tobacco Company Ads Take Aim at Proposition 29 May 12, 2012
NBC San Diego Anti-Cigarette Tax Doctor No Martyr May 11, 2012
The Press-Enterprise (AP) Calif. Governor Boots Prop. 29 Doctor From Panel May 11, 2012
KCET (Los Angeles) Doctor in No on 29 Ad Gets the Boot May 11, 2012
Beaker Meet a Cancer Researcher: Jochen Maurer May 11, 2012
Orange County Register Retired O.C. Judge Named to Libertarian Presidential Ticket May 11, 2012
Current TV The Gavin Newsom Show: Armstrong Throws Weight Behind CA's Prop. 29 May 11, 2012
SF Examiner Cigarette Tax, Term Limits on State Ballot May 10, 2012
Sacramento Bee Gov. Jerry Brown Bounces Prop. 29 Doctor from State Panel May 10, 2012
Santa Barbara Independent Mystery Props May 10, 2012
California Political Review Prop 29 Debate Should Focus on Policy May 10, 2012
Northstate Public Radio Prop. 29 May 10, 2012
Fontana Herald News Voters Will Decide Whether to Increase Cigarette Tax to Fund Cancer Research May 10, 2012
The Library of Economics and Liberty Economic Analysis of Prop 29 May 9, 2012
Fresno Business Journal Local Cigar Shops Fear Prop. 29 Tobacco Tax Measure May 9, 2012
NBC San Diego No on 29: Where There's Smoke There's Distortion in Anti-Cigarette Tax Campaign May 9, 2012
Sacramento Bee Profits Up, Deficit Rising – Blame Tax Breaks May 9, 2012
San Jose Mercury News Ad for Cigarette-Tax Initiative Attacks Tobacco Industry May 8, 2012
Daily Democrat Ballots Are Now in the Mail May 8, 2012
LA Times How to Fight a Cigarette Tax: Start with $40 Million ... May 8, 2012
Sacramento Bee Prop. 29 Proponents Launch Ads Attacking 'Big Tobacco' May 8, 2012
Fox 5 San Diego Prop. 29 Would Impose $1 Cigarette Tax May 8, 2012
KGET (Bakersfield) The Fight Over Prop 29 Hits the Airwaves May 8, 2012
SFBay Battling It Out Over New Smoking Tax May 7, 2012
KGW (Portland, Oregon) Industry Raises Millions to Fight Tobacco Tax May 7, 2012
Columbus, Indiana Republic (AP) Lance Armstrong Pushes Tax for Cancer Research as Tobacco Industry Raises Millions to Fight It May 7, 2012
San Francisco Chronicle Philip Morris Drops $26k into Gov. Jerry Brown’s Reelection Campaign May 7, 2012
KCET (Los Angeles) Prop 29: Should I Vote for a Good Proposal or Against a Bad Process? May 7, 2012
The Appeal-Democrat Prop. 29 Could Crush Out Some Smokers with Tax May 7, 2012
New Orleans Times-Picayune (AP) Proposition 29 at a Glance May 7, 2012
LA Times Tobacco Companies Add $15 Million to Fight Cigarette Tax May 7, 2012
Sacramento Bee Tobacco Firms Chip in Another $15 Million Against Prop 29 May 7, 2012
KCBS (San Francisco) Supporters of California Cigarette Tax Measure Lash Out at Big Tobacco May 6, 2012
KFSN (Fresno) "Rally for Life" Rallies Support for Cigarette Tax May 5, 2012
San Jose Mercury News Doctor in Tobacco Ads Faced Bankruptcies; House Now Being Foreclosed May 5, 2012
News10 Sacramento Prop 29 Foes Pony Up Almost $16 Million in Single Day May 5, 2012
KCET (Los Angeles) Follow the Money in the June 2012 Primary: Props 28 and 29 May 4, 2012
California Taxpayers Association Initiative Update: Governor and Molly Munger Complete Signature-Gathering for Tax Measures May 4, 2012
Highland Community News Re: George Runner's Stem Cell Column (Letter to the Editor) May 4, 2012
San Diego Reader San Diego Unified Board Backs Cig Tax May 4, 2012
Millbrae Patch Poll: State Prop Would Add $1 To Cost Of Cigarettes May 3, 2012
California Budget Project Proposition 29: Should California Increase the Cigarette Tax? May 2, 2012
Sacramento Bee Big Tobacco Wants You to Think Doctors Oppose Cigarette Tax April 30, 2012
San Luis Obispo Tribune Vote on Cigarette Tax Delayed April 30, 2012
KPCC Southern California Radio Would You Vote for a Tax Increase on Cigarettes? April 30, 2012
San Francisco Chronicle Initiative Reform April 29, 2012
KCRA (Sacramento) Doctors Support Proposition 29, Question Colleague April 27, 2012
UCSF Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education LaDonna Porter, the Tobacco Industry Spokesphysician Against Prop. 29, Advocated for Toxic Industries Against Public Health April 26, 2012
LA Times Proposition 29 and the Contributions of Political Campaigns April 26, 2012
Newsmax Small Govt Backers, Tobacco Firms Fight Calif. Cigarette Tax April 26, 2012
San Jose Mercury News Tobacco Industry Gearing Up to Take Down California Cigarette Tax Initiative April 26, 2012
Merced Sun-Star UC Merced Freshman Rallies Others in Fight Against Cancer April 26, 2012
San Diego Reader GOP's Wyland and Independent Fletcher Get Big Tobacco Money April 25, 2012
Stockton Evening Record S.J. Doc's TV Spot Sparks Backlash April 25, 2012
KCRA (Sacramento) Prop. 29 Supporters Protest Stockton Doctor April 24, 2012
San Diego Reader Big Tobacco Spends Big on Ads Against Tobacco Tax April 23, 2012
Convenience Store News Opposition to Prop. 29 Hits the Air in California April 23, 2012
Desert Sun Laurie Savage, La Quinta: Read Proposition 29 for Yourself (Letter to the Editor) April 23, 2012
San Diego Union-Tribune U-T San Diego Editorial Staff: The Campaign Silly Season April 23, 2012
California Watch Tobacco Brands Target Black Youth, Study Finds April 23, 2012
San Francisco Chronicle Debra J. Saunders: Campaign 2012 Prop. 29 Runds Research for Cancer, but It's Still a Tax Hike April 22, 2012
UCSF Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education Prop. 29 Opponents California Taxpayers Assn and California Hispanic Chambers of Commerce Have Financial Ties to Philip Morris April 22, 2012
UCSF Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education Philip Morris and RJ Reynolds Recycle Losing Arguments That They Used to (Unsuccessfully) Oppose Prop. 99 in 1988 April 19, 2012
South San Francisco Patch Poll: Do You Support an Additional Cigarette Tax? April 19, 2012
The Coast News Candidates Running for State Assembly Take Part in a Debate April 17, 2012
LA Times When Voters Ponder 'Cigarette Tax,' Will They Think 'Stem Cell'? April 17, 2012
La Jolla Patch Q&A: With Lung Cancer Alliance Leader and La Jollan Mike Stevens April 15, 2012
Sacramento Bee The Swarm: Tobacco Ally Grover Norquist Jumps Into Tobacco Tax Fight April 15, 2012
California Propositions Tobacco Companies Look to Defeat Prop 29 April 12, 2012
LA Times What a Cigarette Tax Should Pay For April 12, 2012
Fresno Bee Live Chat Replay: Proposition 29: Raise Tobacco Tax? April 11, 2012
Sacramento Bee The Buzz: As Jerry Brown Seeks Tax Signatures, The Opposition Emerges April 10, 2012
KMJ News-Talk Radio Tobacco War Ramping Up April 9, 2012
NBC Bay Area Prop. 29, the GOP Primary and Big Tobacco April 7, 2012
San Diego Reader Big Snuff Makes Big TV Buys Here; Burnham Backs the Other Side April 6, 2012
LA Times Big Tobacco Adds Nearly $9 Million to Fight Against Cigarette Tax April 6, 2012
ABC News 10 (Sacramento) Big Tobacco Goes All In Against Prop. 29 April 6, 2012
San Jose Mercury News 1,200 Expected to Ascend 52 Flights of Stairs Saturday March 30, 2012
The Desert Sun CDC: California One of Only Three States Not to Raise Cigarette Taxes Since 2000 March 29, 2012
East Bay Express Ignacio De La Fuente and Don Perata Engage in More Questionable Dealings March 29, 2012
HealthDay States' Efforts to Boost Cigarette Taxes Slows: CDC March 29, 2012
San Francisco Chronicle Possible Conflict Seen in Oversight of Coliseum March 28, 2012
Ventura County Star Herdt: Legislators Ignore a Low-Hanging Tax March 27, 2012
USC Election 2012 Californians Willing to Raise Taxes March 26, 2012
USA Annenberg TV News Governor Brown's Tax-Hike Finds Broad Support March 26, 2012
Orange County Register Hike Cigarette Tax Another $1 per Pack for Cancer Research? March 26, 2012
Imperial Valley Press Participants Bring Life to Relay March 24, 2012
Bay Area News Group Don Perata & Friends Paid by Prop. 29 Campaign March 23, 2012
Key News Curbing Cigarettes and Curing Cancer March 21, 2012
The Burrill Report California Cigarette Tax Could Ignite Cancer Research March 19, 2012
KGO-TV (San Francisco) MapLight Launching New Online Voter Guide March 19, 2012
NBC San Diego Prop 29: Tobacco Tax for Cancer Research March 18, 2012
California Propositions Lance Armstrong Donates to Prop 29 Campaign March 15, 2012
Central Valley Business Times Tobacco Companies Spending Nearly $15 Million Against Tax Proposal – So Far March 15, 2012
Marin Independent Journal Marin Supervisors Endorse $1 Cigarette Tax on Ballot March 14, 2012
Pacific Coast Business Times New Cigarette Tax Could Be Breath of Fresh Air for Cancer Researchers March 9, 2012
Sacramento Bee AM Alert: Trigger Cuts for K-12 Schools on Capitol Agenda March 8, 2012
Huffington Post courtesy of California Watch California High-Speed Rail Opposed, Tax Increase Plan Supported: Survey March 8, 2012
San Francisco Chronicle Jerry Brown Tax Measure Has Slim Majority in Poll March 8, 2012
KCBS (San Francisco) Poll Shows Californians Cooling To Governor Brown’s Tax Initiative March 8, 2012
Capitol Weekly PPIC: Four out of Five Surveyed See Recession, Despite Economic Improvement March 8, 2012
KQED News (Bay Area) Some Initiatives Flush with Cash, Others Bare March 8, 2012
Sacramento Bee The Buzz: Republican Beth Gaines May Face Two GOP Challengers March 8, 2012
LA Times Jerry Brown's Tax Has Narrow Backing, Poll Finds March 7, 2012
San Jose Mercury News (AP) Poll: Slim Majority Support Jerry Brown's Tax Plan March 7, 2012
Ventura County Star Polls Show Strong Majority Favors June Initiative to Raise Tobacco Taxes March 7, 2012
Central Valley Business Times Proposed Change to State Lawmaker Term Limits Sees Support March 7, 2012
San Diego Union-Tribune Jimmy, Rosalynn Carter to Settle in for Nonprofit's Winter Retreat March 6, 2012
The Daily Californian Sales Tax Proposition Could Increase Funding for UC Cancer Research March 5, 2012
Winston-Salem Journal Higher excise taxes on cigarettes gets test on California March 4, 2012
San Francisco Chronicle California Cigarette Tax Plan Sparks Funding War March 3, 2012
KABC-TV (Los Angeles) Proposed Cigarette Tax to Fund Cancer Research Feb. 28, 2012
Sacramento Bee California Republican Party Endorses Auto Rate Initiative Feb. 26, 2012
Champion Newspapers Proposition Overkill Feb. 18, 2012
New America Media With Deadlines Looming, CA Initiative Petitioners Hit the Streets Feb. 18, 2012
LA Times Lance Armstrong Campaigns for California Cigarette Tax Measure Feb. 16, 2012
California Healthline LIVESTRONG Group Gives $1.5M to Support Tobacco Tax Increase Feb. 16, 2012
San Jose Mercury News (AP) Armstrong Charity Gives $1.5M to Calif Tobacco Tax Feb. 15, 2012
Law & Industry Daily Armstrong Charity Gives $1.5M to Tobacco Tax Campaign Feb. 15, 2012
NBC Bay Area Lance Armstrong Donates $1.5 Million for California Tobacco Tax Feb. 15, 2012
LA Times Lance Armstrong to Give $1.5 Million to Push California Tobacco Tax Feb. 15, 2012
Sacramento Bee Lance Armstrong's Foundation to Give $1.5 Million to Tobacco Tax Feb. 15, 2012
La Jolla Light Democrats Back Tobacco Tax on June Ballot at San Diego Convention Feb. 13, 2012
KFMB TV (San Diego) CA Democratic Convention Wraps up Downtown Feb. 12, 2012
KSEE 24 News (Fresno) Prop. 29 Campaign Kicks Off Feb. 1, 2012
SanteePatch Prop. 29 Would Raise Taxes $1 Per Pack of Cigarettes Feb. 1, 2012
Marin Independent Journal Supporters of State Cigarette Tax Hike Gather in San Rafael Feb. 1, 2012
KTVU (San Francisco) (AP) Brown Reports $1.7 million for His Tax Campaign Jan. 31, 2012
InsideBayArea.com California, Meet Propositions 28 and 29 Jan. 30, 2012
Sacramento Bee California Rapped for Low Spending on Anti-Smoking Programs Nov. 30, 2011
KCBS (San Francisco) HealthWatch: California Voters May Get Another Reason to Quit Nov. 17, 2011

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