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[California] GERSTON: Proposition 29: Will Money Buy Doubt?

if the proposition fails, it won't be just because of a huge financial infusion. Rather, it will be because of an anti-tax electorate looking for the argument to say "no."
NBC Los Angeles
added Jun 6, 2012 06:18
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MARKEL: The D.S.M. Gets Addiction Right

This question arose recently after the committee writing the latest edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (D.S.M.), the standard reference work for psychiatric illnesses
New York Times
added Jun 6, 2012 04:20
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[California] Mitchell: Yes on Prop. 29

Carol McGruder, co-chairperson of the African-American Tobacco Control Leadership Council, said in a powerful slide show presented this week, that Proposition 29 . . . would address these issues and more.
Vacaville (CA) Reporter
added Jun 6, 2012 03:55
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[California] BROWN: Prop. 29 will win, cigarette smuggling will rise

San Francisco Chronicle
added Jun 6, 2012 02:46
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[California] DUNHAM: And This Is Why Lance Armstrong Is So Awesome: He Supports Proposition 29′s Cigarette Tax

But the fact of the matter is the product they sell leads to about $9 billion a year in health care costs for California. I think if this passes, other states will follow. Go, Lance!
Blisstree (ca)
added Jun 5, 2012 15:35
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[California] LEON: A Brief History of Smoking Bans

San Francisco boasts some of the country’s most stringent anti-smoking laws. but one unintended consequence is burdening business owners.
San Francisco Chronicle blogs
added Jun 5, 2012 15:34
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[Philippines] MACASAET: Sacrificing local cigarette brands

High-priced brands such as Marlboro and Philip Morris are to be reclassified to a higher tier and be taxed at P28.30 per pack. This is the same rate that will be imposed on the brands such as Lucky Strike to be imported by British American Tobacco.
Malaya (ph)
added Jun 5, 2012 15:14
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[North Carolina] GOLDSTEIN: Slashing anti-tobacco programs will cost money, lives

The North Carolina legislature is poised to dramatically reduce and probably eventually eliminate the state’s nationally recognized tobacco use prevention and cessation program
Durham (NC) Herald Sun
added Jun 5, 2012 15:04
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[California] DRUM: Bonus Cigarette Tax Blogging: Why Prop 29 is Such a Terrible Idea

The real problem with Proposition 29 is its mandate to lock in a huge revenue stream for the narrow purpose of cancer research. That's a worthy endeavor, to be sure, but there are other pressing needs for the money.
Mother Jones Magazine
added Jun 5, 2012 13:54
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[Illinois] HOPF: Cigarette tax to support Medicaid system will push smokers to other states

Quincy (IL) Herald-Whig
added Jun 4, 2012 14:15
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