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Proposition 86: Should Smokers Save ER's and Provide Healthcare for Children?
Proposition 86 on the November ballot would triple the cigarette tax, bringing the total price per pack to about $6.60. We hear the pros and cons of a measure pitting hospitals against big tobacco. Plus, an update on the California gubernatorial campaign.
By Warren Olney • • 30m ListenProposition 86 on the November ballot would triple the cigarette tax, bringing the total price per pack to about $6.60. We hear the pros and cons of a measure pitting hospitals against big tobacco. Plus, an update on the California gubernatorial campaign.
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Proposition 86 would triple the cigarette tax, from 87¢ to $3.47 a pack, bringing the total cost for a cigarette pack to about $6.60. The estimated $2.1 billion raised every year would give health insurance to kids who don't have it and reimburse emergency rooms for serving the uninsured.
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