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The Tobacco Tax Act of 2006

More than 1 million signatures have been submitted to county registrars’ offices across the state to qualify The Tobacco Tax Act of 2006 for the November general election ballot. Sponsored by the Coalition for a Healthy California, which includes CHA, the act would increase the state's tobacco tax by $2.60 per pack of cigarettes — raising $2.1 billion annually for hospital emergency departments, nurse education, children's health insurance, physician services, smoking-related disease prevention and treatment, and tobacco control. For more information, please e-mail coalition@calhospital.org.

If you would like to help pass The Tobacco Tax Act of 2006, please see the Endorsement Form (pdf).

Additional information is available in the following documents:

• The Tobacco Tax Act of 2006 (pdf)

• Title and Summary - Feb. 8, 2006 (pdf)

• News Release: More Than One Million Signatures Filed for Tobacco Tax Initiative, May 4, 2006 (pdf)

• News Release: Health Care Advocates Begin Statewide Push to Collect Signatures, Feb. 17, 2006 (pdf)

• News Release: Health Care Advocates Pursue Joint Tobacco Tax Initiative for November 2006 (pdf)

• LAO Letter: The Tobacco Tax Act - Jan. 24, 2006 (pdf)

• Tobacco Tax Act of 2006 Sponsors/Supporters (pdf)

• Questions & Answers: The Tobacco Tax Act of 2006 (pdf)

      Fact Sheets

• Accountability (pdf)
• Allocation for Treatment, Prevention and Research (pdf)
• Benefits to Lower Income Californians and Their Families (pdf)
• The Facts About Smoking and Women (pdf)
• Helping Fund California's Healthcare Priorities (pdf)
• The Impact of Smoking on Ethnic Communities (pdf)
• Improving the Health of California's Children (pdf)
• Tobacco Companies Targeting California's Ethnic Youth (pdf)
• Tobacco Tax of 2006 Will Reduce Teen Smoking (pdf)
• Why California Businesses Support the Tobacco Tax (pdf)

For more information, please visit www.healthycalifornia.org.