Contra Costa Supervisors Back Cigarette Tax Hike Measure
On Tuesday, the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors unanimously endorsed Proposition 29, a June ballot initiative that would increase California's tax on cigarettes by $1 per pack to raise $855 million annually for cancer research and smoking prevention and cessation programs. Representatives of the American Cancer Society had urged the board to join other backers of the ballot measure.
- "Contra Costa Supervisors Endorse Tobacco Tax Measure" (Vorderbrueggen, Contra Costa Times, 5/15).