The treatment of heart attacks and strokes is costly, so preventing these conditions by the cessation of smoking could provide significant short-term financial returns for private and public healthcare insurers and individuals
In addition to taxing demonstrably harmful products like cigarettes, the initiative imposes a new $2 tax on electronic cigarettes, which are not tobacco products and which might actually serve as a less harmful alternative to real cigarettes
Senator Ken Maddy (R-Fresno), the leading Republican on the AB 75 Conference Committee, received $38,500 in 1989-1990, more than twice the $19,500 he had received between 1976 and 1988.9 During the summer, the Conference Committee staff, lobbyists, and other key individuals worked out the specific language for spending the Health Education Account
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The plan consists of three phases