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POLITICS: It would repeal Prop. 10, which drove up the cost of smoking while funding early childhood programs. 

Among other issues, Prop. 28 prompts heated debate about what is a fair tax. Some groups — including the Orange County Taxpayers Association and the state Republican Party — favor repealing the tax because it forces a minority — smokers — to cough up cash to benefit the majority. . . But opponents of Prop. 28 say the extra $700 million a year raised statewide is a fraction of what the state pays to deal with problems that are a result of smoking.

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