Editorial: State ‘Should Try Again’ To Pass Tobacco Tax
A report by the California Department of Public Health "provides troubling data on youth smoking that suggests nearly a quarter-century of reduction in tobacco usage might be ending," according to a San Jose Mercury News editorial. The editorial argues that "tobacco taxes discourage consumption" and that supporters of such taxes "should try again" to pass a cigarette tax hike in California.
- "Mercury News Editorial: Young People Are Smoking More" (San Jose Mercury News, 12/27).