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Arizona Proposition 200, Tobacco Tax and Healthcare Initiative (1994)
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| Topic Taxes and Tobacco laws |
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| Type Initiated state statute |
Origin |
Arizona Proposition 200 was on the ballot as an initiated state statute in Arizona on November 8, 1994. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported increasing the state tax on cigarettes, cigars, and other tobacco products to provide for health care for the medically indigent, medically needy or low-income children, and tobacco education and research. |
A "no" vote opposed increasing the state tax on cigarettes, cigars, and other tobacco products to provide for health care for the medically indigent, medically needy or low-income children, and tobacco education and research. |
Election results
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Arizona Proposition 200 |
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565,094 | 50.80% | ||
| No | 547,189 | 49.20% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Proposition 200 was as follows:
| “ | AMENDING TITLE 42, CHAPTER 7, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES, BY ADDING ARTICLES 1.2 AND 1.3; RELATING TO TOBACCO TAXES TO PROVIDE FOR HEALTH CARE SERVICES FOR THE MEDICALLY NEEDY, MEDICALLY INDIGENT AND LOW INCOME CHILDREN, TOBACCO RELATED EDUCATION AND RESEARCH AND ADJUSTMENT TO CORRECTIONS FUND, USE OF TAX MONIES TO SUPPLEMENT EXISTING FUNDS AND LEVELS OF SERVICE, TOBACCO TAX LEVY ON INDIAN RESERVATIONS AND RELATED EXEMPTIONS; AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY. | ” |
Ballot summary
The ballot summary for this measure was:
| “ | AN ACT REQUIRING AN INCERASE IN STATE TAX ON CIGARETTES, CIGARS AND OTHER TOBACCO PRODUCTS, INCLUDING THOSE SOLD ON INDIAN RESERVATIONS, EXEMPTING THOSE SOLD TO ENROLLED MEMBERS OF THE INDIAN TRIBE, TO PROVIDE HEALTH CARE FOR THE MEDICALLY INDIGENT, MEDICALLY NEEDY OR LOW INCOME CHILDREN, TOBACCO RELATED EDUCATION AND RESEARCH. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
In Arizona, the number of signatures required for an initiated state statute is equal to 10 percent of the votes cast at the preceding gubernatorial election.
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Footnotes
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