A.G. File No. 2009-097

California Cancer Research Act (Version 3)

January 15, 2010

 


This measure increases the existing excise tax on cigarettes by $1 per pack effective 90 days after its passage. Existing state law requires the Board of Equalization (BOE) to increase taxes on other tobacco products—such as loose tobacco and snuff—in an amount equivalent to any increase in the tax on cigarettes. Thus, this measure would also result in a comparable increase in the excise tax on other tobacco products.