Prop 29: Good vs. Evil Did you pay any taxes last year? If so, and even if you don’t smoke tobacco, some of your money went to pay for the costs of tobacco-related disease—and helped put money into tobacco industry coffers as well. If you don’t like that deal, Proposition 29 won’t fix it, but it will help. June 4, 2012 Advocacy, Public Health CCRA, tobacco tax, California Cancer Research Act, Prop 29 0 0 Comment Read More »
Prop 29's Edgy Video Attacks Big Tobacco’s Lies The Yes on Proposition 29 campaign continues to receive a “digital boost” with the release of a YouTube viral video ("California Supports Big Tobacco"). The video exposes the deceitful campaign being waged by Big Tobacco against the June 5 initiative that will raise the price of a pack of cigarettes by one dollar. This extra dollar will only be paid by those who purchase tobacco products. If you don’t smoke, you don’t pay. The extra dollar will fund life-saving research, keep kids from smoking and help smokers quit. May 23, 2012 Advocacy, CMA, SFMS Member Events Tobacco Tax, Big Tobacco, Prop 29, Proposition 29, Smoking Tax 0 0 Comment Read More »
Taxing Tobacco: Clearing the Smoke California now ranks thirty-third among states in taxing tobacco. Clearing the tobacco-funded smoke to get California voters to see the wisdom of Proposition 29 will not be easy. But we agree with the Sacramento Bee, which recently editorialized that, despite some reluctance about the initiative process in general, “the potential benefits of raising the tobacco tax outweigh the uncertainties posed by Prop. 29 governance. May 17, 2012 Advocacy, CMA, SFMS Member California Cancer Research Act, Prop 29, CCRA 0 0 Comment Read More »
SFMS Member's Letter to the Editor in Today's Chronicle Letter to the editor regarding misleading advertising featuring Dr. Ladonna Porter opposing Prop 29. Both the National Medical Association (of which the Golden State Medical Association is a regional chapter) and the California Medical Association strongly support efforts to curb tobacco’s deadly toll. May 8, 2012 Advocacy, SFMS Member Dr. Ladonna Porter, John Maa, Prop 29 0 0 Comment Read More »
Support Prop 29: Cut Health Care Costs, Spur the Economy, and Cure Cancer Prop 29, the California Cancer Research Act, will benefit every Californian by lowering health care costs in the state, by enhancing California's economy, and by funding life-saving research that produces new diagnostics, treatments and cures for patients. May 8, 2012 Advocacy, CMA, News California Cancer Research Act, Prop 29 0 0 Comment Read More »
