Increases excise taxes on the distribution of cigarettes and other tobacco products and applies the tobacco products excise tax to electronic cigarettes (Amendment #1). [Ballot]

Nov 30, 2015 - This measure requires the transfer of some revenues raised by the new taxes to “backfill, ” or offset, any revenue losses that occur to funds supported by existing state cigarette and tobacco taxes as a direct result of the imposition of the new taxes.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-081