It was passed by a majority vote of the electorate. Its primary effect is to impose a 25-cent per pack state excise tax on the sale of tobacco cigarettes within California, with approximately equivalent excise taxes similarly imposed on the retail sale of other commercial tobacco products, such as cigars and chewing tobacco.
The law passed through a majority vote from the electorate, imposing a 25-cent tax per pack on cigarette sales in California. This tax also applies to other tobacco products such as cigars and chewing tobacco.