Missouri Tobacco Tax Proposition (2002)
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The Tobacco Tax Proposition, also known as Proposition A, was on the November 7, 2002 election ballot in Missouri. It was defeated, with 49.1% of voters in favor.[1]
The measure was an initiative. It was one of two initiatives that appeared on the Missouri ballot in 2002; both failed.
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Text of the proposal
The language that appeared on the ballot:
NOTE: A Cole County Circuit Court order this measure onto the ballot on September 16, 2002. The Secretary of State had ruled earlier that insufficient signatures were submitted.
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.
