Prop 29: California cigarette tax too close to call

Meanwhile, California voters overwhelmingly passed Proposition 28, amending term limits for state politicians. Returns for another proposition, Prop 29, that would tax cigarettes to fund cancer research were evenly split with 46 percent of precinctsby Reut R. Cohen Proposition 29, which seeks to impose an additional tax cigarettes for cancer research, is still too close to call. As of 12:42 am on June 6, the proposition was nearly tied with 1607098 (49.6 percent) of voters supporting the taxby Reut R. Cohen

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