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Missouri Tobacco Tax, Proposition A (2002)
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The Tobacco Tax Proposition, also known as Proposition A, was a initiated state statute on the November 5, 2002 election ballot in Missouri, where it was defeated.
- It was one of two initiatives that appeared on the Missouri ballot in 2002; both failed.
Election results
| Proposition A (Tobacco Tax) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 No | 912,210 | 50.9% | ||
| Yes | 881,701 | 49.1% | ||
Official results via: Missouri Secretary of State - Elections Division
Text of measure
The language that appeared on the ballot:
- Shall Missouri law be amended to impose an additional tax of 2.75 cents per cigarette (fifty-five cents per pack) and 20 percent on other tobacco products, with the new revenues placed into a Healthy Families Trust Fund to be used for the following purpose: hospital trauma care and emergency preparedness; health care treatment and access, including prescription drug assistance for seniors and health care initiatives for low income citizens, women, minorities and children; life sciences research, including medical research and the proper administration of funds for such research; smoking prevention; and grants for early childhood care and education?
- An additional tax of two and three-quarters cents per cigarette and an additional tax of twenty percent of the manufacturer's invoice price for tobacco products other than cigarettes would generate net annual state revenues of approximately $342,636,000; local fiscal impact, if any, is unknown.[1]
Path to the ballot
A Cole County Circuit Court ordered this measure onto the ballot on September 16, 2002. The Missouri Secretary of State had ruled earlier that insufficient signatures were submitted.
See also
External links
- 2002 Voter Guide: Initiative Petitions & Ballot Questions
- Election Results from the Missouri Secretary of State - Elections Division
- Tobacco tax narrowly defeated
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