and when they first started polling on this subject this year, when they first started polling on the i hate cancer bill, people if california loved it even more than they loved the idea back in 1998. the idea of a new $1 a pack cigarette tax was winning by more than a two to one margin in the state. 67% of people in california saying they were in favor of this new cigarette tax. that is a slam dunk. the poll was released by the public policy institute of california in march. march. march of this year. march of this year is not that long ago. march is a number of weeks ago, that is small enough that you do not have to take off your shoes in order to count that number of weeks. it was in march, march that californians were for the new cigarette tax at a rate of 67%. but also in march, the tobacco companies started their ad campaign against the tax.
right, that the cigarettes are at now in the state. this time around, even fewer californians are smoking. and when they first started polling on this subject this year, when they first started polling on the i hate cancer bill, people if california loved it even more than they loved the idea back in 1998. the idea of a new $1 a pack cigarette tax was winning by more than a two to one margin in the state. 67% of people in california saying they were in favor of this new cigarette tax. that is a slam dunk. the poll was released by the public policy institute of california in march. march. march of this year. march of this year is not that long ago. march is a number of weeks ago, that is small enough that you do not have to take off your shoes in order to count that number of weeks. it was in march, march that californians were for the new cigarette tax at a rate of 67%. but also in march, the tobacco