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Colorado Amendment 1, Tobacco and Cigarette Taxation Initiative (1994)
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| Topic Taxes and Tobacco laws |
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| Type Initiated constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Colorado Amendment 1 was on the ballot as an initiated constitutional amendment in Colorado on November 8, 1994. It was defeated.
A “yes” vote supported placing an additional tax on cigarettes sold by wholesalers, creating a statewide tax on other tobacco products, using revenue from such taxes for research and education related to reducing the use of tobacco, and creating a Citizens' Commission on Tobacco and Health. |
A “no” vote opposed placing an additional tax on cigarettes sold by wholesalers, creating a statewide tax on other tobacco products, using revenue from such taxes for research and education related to reducing the use of tobacco, and creating a Citizens' Commission on Tobacco and Health. |
Election results
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Colorado Amendment 1 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 429,847 | 38.53% | ||
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685,860 | 61.47% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 1 was as follows:
| “ | State taxes shall be increased $132.1 million annually by an amendment to the Colorado Constitution to increase tobacco taxes 2.5 cents per cigarette and 50% of the manufacturer's list price of other tobacco products, and to repeal the state sales and use tax exemption for cigarettes, effective July 1, 1995; to require appropriation of the revenues primarily for health care, educational programs to reduce tobacco use, and research concerning tobacco use and tobacco-related illnesses; and to authorize municipalities and counties to impose cigarette and tobacco taxes, subject to Article X, Section 20 of the Colorado Constitution. | ” |
Path to the ballot
In Colorado, proponents needed to collect a number of signatures for an initiated constitutional amendment.
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Footnotes
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