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Proposition 28

California Statewide • 2000 •  Initiative 

Failed

Result: 27.8% yes, 72.2% no

AI-generated plain-language summary

This measure would have repealed Proposition 10, which imposed a 50-cent per pack tax on cigarettes and equivalent taxes on other tobacco products to fund early childhood development programs. The initiative sought to eliminate the tobacco surtax that had been approved by voters in 1998.

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