Tobacco laws ballot measures

Tobacco on the ballot: This topic refers to ballot measures regarding cigarette and tobacco use, sales, taxes, and public eduction on the topic. Subtopics include: smoking bans

Examples:

• North Dakota Tobacco Use Prevention and Control Program Initiative, Measure 3 (2008)
• South Dakota Increase Taxes on Tobacco (2006)

Ballot measures lists

By state Note: The list below automatically compiles all potential and certified ballot measures being tracked by Ballotpedia. Sometimes a measure that has been abandoned by petitioners or in the legislature will still be listed until a legal deadline passes. As more deadlines pass in any given year, the list will more accurately represent which measures will actually go before voters in the current year. Arizona Arizona Proposition 200, Tobacco Settlement Fund Allocation for Children's Health, Disease Prevention, and Hospice Care Initiative (2000) Arizona Proposition 201, Smoking Ban in Public Places and Cigarette Tax Initiative (2006) Arizona Proposition 206, Smoking Ban in Public Places Initiative (2006) Arizona Proposition 203, Tobacco Taxes for Early Childhood Education Initiative (2006) Arizona Proposition 303, Tobacco Tax Increase Initiative (2002) Arizona Proposition 200, Tobacco Tax and Healthcare Initiative (1994) Arkansas Arkansas Tobacco Settlement Proceeds, Proposed Initiated Act 1 (2000) California California Proposition 10, Early Childhood Cigarette Tax Initiative (1998) California Proposition 188, Public Smoking Ban Initiative (1994) California Proposition 99, Tobacco Tax Increase Initiative (1988) California Proposition 86, Cigarette Tax Increase Initiative (2006) California Proposition 28, Cigarette Tax Repeal Initiative (March 2000) California Proposition 29, Tobacco Tax for Cancer Research Fund Initiative (June 2012) California Proposition 56, Tobacco Tax Increase (2016) California Proposition 1D, Redirect Tobacco Tax Revenue Funds to Health Programs for Children Measure (May 2009) California Proposition 5, Ban Smoking in Enclosed Public Places Initiative (1978) California Proposition 31, Flavored Tobacco Products Ban Referendum (2022) Colorado Colorado Amendment 1, Tobacco and Cigarette Taxation Initiative (1994) Colorado Amendment 35, Cigarette and Tobacco Tax Initiative (2004) Colorado Proposition EE, Tobacco and E-Cigarette Tax Increase for Health and Education Programs Measure (2020) Colorado Tobacco Tax Increase, Amendment 72 (2016) Colorado Proposition II, Tobacco and Nicotine Product Tax Revenue Measure (2023) Florida Florida Amendment 6, Prohibition on Indoor Workplace Smoking Initiative (2002) Florida Amendment 4, Tobacco Settlement Money for Education and Prevention Initiative (2006) Idaho Idaho Millennium Fund, SJR 107 (2006) Missouri Missouri Tobacco Tax Initiative, Proposition B (2012) Missouri 60 Cent Cigarette Tax, Constitutional Amendment 3 (2016) Missouri 23 Cent Cigarette Tax, Proposition A (2016) Montana Montana Tobacco Settlement Trust Fund, C-35 (2000) Montana Tobacco Disease Prevention, I-146 (2002) Montana Tobacco Sales Tax Increase, I-115 (1990) Montana Tobacco Tax, LR-64 (1966) Montana Tobacco Sales Tax, I-149 (2004) Montana I-185, Extend Medicaid Expansion and Increase Tobacco Taxes Initiative (2018) New Mexico New Mexico Two-Cent Tax on Cigarettes Referendum (1930) North Dakota North Dakota Cigarette Legalization Initiative (1920) North Dakota Tobacco Use Prevention and Control Program Initiative, Measure 3 (2008) North Dakota Tobacco Tax Increase, Initiated Statutory Measure 4 (2016) Oklahoma Oklahoma State Question 814, Decrease Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust Fund Deposits and Fund Medicaid Program Amendment (2020) Oregon Oregon Measure 5, Tax on Malt Beverages and Cigarettes for Athletic Fund Initiative (19880 Oregon Measure 20, Increased Cigarette Tax for State Health Plan Measure (September 2002) South Dakota South Dakota Initiated Measure 25, Tobacco Tax Increase Initiative (2018) Texas Texas Proposition 10, Tobacco Tax Refund Amendment (1968) Utah Utah Tobacco Settlement Trust Fund Amendment, Proposition 2 (2000) Washington Washington Referendum 43, Taxes on Cigarettes, Liquor, and Carbonated Beverages for Prevention Programs Measure (1994) Washington Initiative 773, Increase Tobacco Tax for Health Programs Measure (2001) Washington Initiative 901, Smoking Ban Measure (2005) By year Note: The list below automatically compiles all potential and certified ballot measures being tracked by Ballotpedia. Sometimes a measure that has been abandoned by petitioners or in the legislature will still be listed until a legal deadline passes. As more deadlines pass in any given year, the list will more accurately represent which measures will actually go before voters in the current year. 2023 Colorado Proposition II, Tobacco and Nicotine Product Tax Revenue Measure (2023) 2022 California Proposition 31, Flavored Tobacco Products Ban Referendum (2022) 2020 Oklahoma State Question 814, Decrease Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust Fund Deposits and Fund Medicaid Program Amendment (2020) Colorado Proposition EE, Tobacco and E-Cigarette Tax Increase for Health and Education Programs Measure (2020) 2018 South Dakota Initiated Measure 25, Tobacco Tax Increase Initiative (2018) Montana I-185, Extend Medicaid Expansion and Increase Tobacco Taxes Initiative (2018) 2016 California Proposition 56, Tobacco Tax Increase (2016) Missouri 60 Cent Cigarette Tax, Constitutional Amendment 3 (2016) Colorado Tobacco Tax Increase, Amendment 72 (2016) Missouri 23 Cent Cigarette Tax, Proposition A (2016) 2012 California Proposition 29, Tobacco Tax for Cancer Research Fund Initiative (June 2012) Missouri Tobacco Tax Initiative, Proposition B (2012) 2009 California Proposition 1D, Redirect Tobacco Tax Revenue Funds to Health Programs for Children Measure (May 2009) 2008 North Dakota Tobacco Use Prevention and Control Program Initiative, Measure 3 (2008) 2006 Arizona Proposition 206, Smoking Ban in Public Places Initiative (2006) Arizona Proposition 203, Tobacco Taxes for Early Childhood Education Initiative (2006) Arizona Proposition 201, Smoking Ban in Public Places and Cigarette Tax Initiative (2006) Florida Amendment 4, Tobacco Settlement Money for Education and Prevention Initiative (2006) Idaho Millennium Fund, SJR 107 (2006) California Proposition 86, Cigarette Tax Increase Initiative (2006) 2005 Washington Initiative 901, Smoking Ban Measure (2005) 2004 Colorado Amendment 35, Cigarette and Tobacco Tax Initiative (2004) Montana Tobacco Sales Tax, I-149 (2004) 2002 Florida Amendment 6, Prohibition on Indoor Workplace Smoking Initiative (2002) Montana Tobacco Disease Prevention, I-146 (2002) Arizona Proposition 303, Tobacco Tax Increase Initiative (2002) Oregon Measure 20, Increased Cigarette Tax for State Health Plan Measure (September 2002) 2001 Washington Initiative 773, Increase Tobacco Tax for Health Programs Measure (2001) 2000 Arizona Proposition 200, Tobacco Settlement Fund Allocation for Children's Health, Disease Prevention, and Hospice Care Initiative (2000) Arkansas Tobacco Settlement Proceeds, Proposed Initiated Act 1 (2000) Montana Tobacco Settlement Trust Fund, C-35 (2000) California Proposition 28, Cigarette Tax Repeal Initiative (March 2000) Utah Tobacco Settlement Trust Fund Amendment, Proposition 2 (2000) 1998 California Proposition 10, Early Childhood Cigarette Tax Initiative (1998) 1994 Washington Referendum 43, Taxes on Cigarettes, Liquor, and Carbonated Beverages for Prevention Programs Measure (1994) California Proposition 188, Public Smoking Ban Initiative (1994) Arizona Proposition 200, Tobacco Tax and Healthcare Initiative (1994) Colorado Amendment 1, Tobacco and Cigarette Taxation Initiative (1994) 1990 Montana Tobacco Sales Tax Increase, I-115 (1990) 1988 California Proposition 99, Tobacco Tax Increase Initiative (1988) Oregon Measure 5, Tax on Malt Beverages and Cigarettes for Athletic Fund Initiative (19880 1978 California Proposition 5, Ban Smoking in Enclosed Public Places Initiative (1978) 1968 Texas Proposition 10, Tobacco Tax Refund Amendment (1968) 1966 Montana Tobacco Tax, LR-64 (1966) 1930 New Mexico Two-Cent Tax on Cigarettes Referendum (1930) 1920 North Dakota Cigarette Legalization Initiative (1920) Did not make ballot Did not make ballot Washington Initiative 1016 (2008) South Dakota Smoking Ban Alternative Amendment (2010) North Dakota Tobacco Settlement Constitutional Amendment (2010) Washington Tobacco Tax Initiative (2010) Mississippi Cigarette Tax Amendment (2011) Missouri Tobacco Tax Amendment (2012) California Tobacco Tax Increase for Tuition for College Students (2014) Missouri Local Taxes on Tobacco Products Amendment (2014) California Tobacco Tax for Healthcare Initiative (2014) Washington Cigarette Tax for Cancer Research, Initiative 1356 (2014) Washington Designation of Controlled Substances Initiative (2014) California Tobacco Tax for Brain Research Initiative (2014) Mississippi Public Smoking Ban Act (2015) Louisiana Cigarette Tax Increase Amendment (2015) Missouri 50 Cent Cigarette Tax Initiative (2016) Massachusetts Tobacco Taxes Initiative (2016) Idaho "College, Not Cancer Act" (2016) Mississippi Cigarette Tax Amendment (2010) Oregon Cigarette and Tobacco Tax Increase Initiative (2018) Oklahoma Increased Taxes on Gasoline, Cigarettes, and Oil and Gas Production for Education Funding Veto Referendum (2018) Colorado Tobacco and Nicotine Tax Increase Measure (2019) Colorado Tobacco Tax Revenue for Preschool Program Initiative (2020) Massachusetts Prohibition on Smoking in Multi-Living Housing Units Initiative (2022)

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See also

• List of ballot measures by topic

Additional reading

• Cato Institute, "High tobacco taxes won't make the problem go away"