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Yes on Prop 56 - Save Lives and Reduce Teen Smoking

The California Healthcare, Research And Prevention Tobacco Tax Act Of 2016

Proposition 56, the California Healthcare, Research and Prevention Tobacco Tax Act of 2016, will increase California’s cigarette tax by $2 per pack, with an equivalent increase on products containing nicotine derived from tobacco, including e-cigarettes. The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, American Lung Association in California and American Heart Association support this initiative because taxing tobacco saves lives by getting people to quit or never start this deadly and costly habit. Tobacco companies oppose this initiative for the same reason. Prop 56 will:

  • Protect children. Thousands of youth become addicted to tobacco each year. Now tobacco companies are targeting kids with candy-flavored electronic cigarettes containing nicotine. It has been proven that higher tobacco taxes reduce teen smoking.
  • Saves lives. Smoking is the number one cause of preventable death in California. This initiative will save lives by preventing kids from getting hooked on tobacco, improving health care, and fighting cancer and other tobacco-related diseases.
  • Asks smokers to pay their fair share to improve health care and fight cancer. This is simply a user fee on those who continue to use tobacco. It will mean smokers help pay for cancer treatment, smoking prevention, health care, and research to fight cancer and other tobacco-related diseases.  

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Paid for by Fight Cancer – Yes on 56, sponsored by American Cancer Society, Inc. and American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, Inc. Major funding by American Cancer Society, Inc.