Ba
llot History
Year:
2016
Ballot Number:
Amendment 72
Short Title:
Increase Cigarette and Tobacco Taxes
Ballot Title:
Shall state taxes be increased $315.7 million annually by an amendment to the Colorado constitution increasing tobacco taxes, and, in connection therewith, beginning January 1, 2017, increasing taxes on cigarettes by 8.75 cents per cigarette ($1.75 per pack of 20 cigarettes) and on other tobacco products by 22 percent of the manufacturer's list price; and allocating specified percentages of the new tobacco tax revenue to health-related programs and tobacco education, prevention, and cessation programs currently funded by existing constitutional tobacco taxes; and also allocating new revenue for tobacco-related health research, veterans' programs, child and adolescent behavioral health, construction and technology improvements for qualified health providers, educational loan repayment for health professionals in rural and underserved areas, and health professional training tracks?
Election Results:
Rejected
Votes For
:
1,286,851
(
46.9%
)
Votes Against:
1,454,342
(
53.1%
)
Type of Change:
Constitutional
Initiative/Referendum:
Initiative
Bill/Resolution #:
Election Results - SOS:
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