that s how we got the tax, right, that the cigarettes are at now in the state. this time around, even fewer californians are smoking. and when they first started polling on this subject this year, when they first started polling on the i hate cancer bill, people if california loved it even more than they loved the idea back in 1998. the idea of a new $1 a pack cigarette tax was winning by more than a two to one margin in the state. 67% of people in california saying they were in favor of this new cigarette tax. that is a slam dunk. the poll was released by the public policy institute of california in march. march. march of this year. march of this year is not that long ago. march is a number of weeks ago, that is small enough that you do not have to take off your shoes in order to count that number of weeks. it was in march, march that californians were for the new cigarette tax at a rate of 67%. but also in march, the tobacco companies started their ad campaign against the tax. and bo
californians yesterday had the opportunity to vote on something that would hate cancer in a really useful way. you d make it so that fewer people would get cancer in the first place, because fewer people would be smoking cigarettes if cigarettes were more expensive, and you could also help cure cancer by funding a lot of research into it. and also for the record, if you were a california voter who was voting on this thing yesterday, you probably don t smoke anyway, and neither does anybody you know, except sometimes when they re drunk, but we don t need to admit that before last call pip mean, california, understandably, loved this idea, of this new tax on cigarettes in their state. and you know, frankly, california voters loved this idea the last time they were asked about it too. part of the reason the california cigarette tax is so low is that voters haven t been asked about it since 1998, the last time they raised that tax was 14 years ago in the state. but it was a voter referendu
so if you hate cancer, and who doesn t hate cancer, californians yesterday had the opportunity to vote on something that would hate cancer in a really useful way. you d make it so that fewer people would get cancer in the first place, because fewer people would be smoking cigarettes if cigarettes were more expensive, and you could also help cure cancer by funding a lot of research into it. and also for the record, if you were a california voter who was voting on this thing yesterday, you probably don t smoke anyway, and neither does anybody you know, except sometimes when they re drunk, but we don t need to admit that before last call pip mean, california, understandably, loved this idea, of this new tax on cigarettes in their state. and you know, frankly, california voters loved this idea the last time they were asked about it too. part of the reason the california cigarette tax is so low is that voters haven t been asked about it since 1998, the last time they raised that tax was 14
doesn t hate cancer, californians yesterday had the opportunity to vote on something that would hate cancer in a really useful way. you d make it so that fewer people would get cancer in the first place, because fewer people would be smoking cigarettes if cigarettes were more expensive, and you could also help cure cancer by funding a lot of research into it. and also for the record, if you were a california voter who was voting on this thing yesterday, you probably don t smoke anyway, and neither does anybody you know, except sometimes when they re drunk, but we don t need to admit that before last call pip mean, california, understandably, loved this idea, of this new tax on cigarettes in their state. and you know, frankly, california voters loved this idea the last time they were asked about it too. part of the reason the california cigarette tax is so low is that voters haven t been asked about it since 1998, the last time they raised that tax was 14 years ago in the state. but it
and when they first started polling on this subject this year, when they first started polling on the i hate cancer bill, people if california loved it even more than they loved the idea back in 1998. the idea of a new $1 a pack cigarette tax was winning by more than a two to one margin in the state. 67% of people in california saying they were in favor of this new cigarette tax. that is a slam dunk. the poll was released by the public policy institute of california in march. march. march of this year. march of this year is not that long ago. march is a number of weeks ago, that is small enough that you do not have to take off your shoes in order to count that number of weeks. it was in march, march that californians were for the new cigarette tax at a rate of 67%. but also in march, the tobacco companies started their ad campaign against the tax.