View source for 2016 California Proposition 56

{{Short description|2016  California ballot proposition}}
{{use mdy dates|date=July 2021}}

{{Infobox referendum
| name = Proposition 56
| title = '''Cigarette Tax'''
| yes = 8980448
| no = 4957994
| total = 14610509
| electorate = 19411771
| map = 2016 California Proposition 56 results map by county.svg
| mapdivision =
| notes = Source: [[California Secretary of State]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Statement of Vote - November 8, 2016, General Election |date=December 16, 2016 |url=http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/prior-elections/statewide-election-results/general-election-november-8-2016/statement-vote/ |access-date=January 7, 2017 }}</ref>
}}
{{Elections in California}}

'''Proposition 56''' is a [[California ballot proposition]] that passed on the November 8, 2016 ballot. It increased the [[Cigarette taxes in the United States|cigarette tax]] by $2.00 per pack, effective April 1, 2017, with equivalent increases on other [[tobacco]] products and [[electronic cigarette]]s containing nicotine.<ref>{{cite web|title=Proposition 56. California General Election November 8, 2016. Official Voter Information Guide.|url=http://voterguide.sos.ca.gov/en/propositions/56/|website=California Secretary of State|access-date=10 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161003165825/http://voterguide.sos.ca.gov/en/propositions/56/|archive-date=3 October 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>  The bulk of new revenue is earmarked for [[Medi-Cal]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=56&year=2016 |title=Cigarette Tax to Fund Healthcare, Tobacco Use Prevention, Research, and Law Enforcement. Initiative Constitutional Amendment and Statute. |publisher=Legislative Analyst's Office}}</ref>

A September 2016 poll by the [[Public Policy Institute of California]] showed that 59% of likely voters supported Proposition 56, 36% opposed it, and 5% did not know how they would vote.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ppic.org/content/pubs/survey/S_916MBS.pdf|title=Californians & Their Government: Statewide Survey|last=Baldassare|first=Mark|date=September 2016|website=Public Policy Institute of California|access-date=11 October 2016}}</ref> A September 2016 poll from [[University of Southern California|USC]] Dornsife / [[Los Angeles Times]] showed 63% percent of registered voters in favor of Proposition 56, 32% opposed, and 6% unknown.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B99Qs2h04TA7VVMtLU5pWXhBaW8|title=USC-Dornsife/LA Times Poll|date=September 2016|website=USC Dornsife September 2016 Poll|access-date=11 October 2016}}</ref>

Proposition 56 was approved with 64% of the vote.<ref name="Gutierrez2016">{{cite news|last1=Gutierrez|first1=Melody|last2=Whiting|first2=Sam|title=Prop. 56: Voters approve cigarette tax|date=November 9, 2016|work=SFGate|url=http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Prop-56-California-cigarette-tax-results-10594099.php|access-date=December 7, 2016}}</ref>  Two previous attempts to increase the state cigarette tax narrowly failed with [[California Proposition 86 (2006)|Proposition 86]] in 2006 and [[California Proposition 29, 2012|Proposition 29]] in 2012.  Proposition 56 was the first increase in the state cigarette tax since [[California Proposition 10 (1998)|Proposition 10]] in 1998.  With the passage of Prop. 56, California's cigarette tax increased from $0.87 per pack to $2.87, increasing its rank from 35th-highest in the country to ninth-highest.<ref name="Gutierrez2016"/>

== See also ==
* [[California Proposition 99 (1988)]]
* [[California Proposition 10 (1998)]]
* [[Cigarette taxes in the United States]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.yeson56.org/ Yes on 56]

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