California Cigarette Tax Trails as All Precincts Counted
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California’s ballot measure proposing a $1-a-pack increase in cigarette taxes trailed by about 63,000 votes out of 3.9 million cast after the tobacco industry led a campaign that spent $46.8 million to kill it.
Proposition 29 opponents were ahead of supporters about 51 percent to 49 percent with all precincts partially or fully reporting, according to results posted on the California Secretary of State’s website. Some absentee and provisional ballots remain to be counted, including 135,000 in San Diego.