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Amendment 1 - Tobacco Taxes
SHALL STATE TAXES BE INCREASED $132.1 MILLION ANNUALLY BY AN AMENDMENT TO THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION TO INCREASE TOBACCO TAXES 2.5 CENTS PER CIGARETTE AND 50% OF THE MANUFACTURER'S LIST PRICE OF OTHER TOBACCO PRODUCTS, AND TO REPEAL THE STATE SALES AND USE TAX EXEMPTION FOR CIGARETTES, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 1995; TO REQUIRE APPROPRIATION OF THE REVENUES PRIMARILY FOR HEALTH CARE, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS TO REDUCE TOBACOO USE, AND RESEARCH CONCERNING TOBACOO USE AND TOBACCO-RELATED ILLNESSES; AND TO AUTHORIZE MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES TO IMPOSE CIGARETTE AND TOBACCO TAXES, SUBJECT TO ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION?