title: Getting key players to work together and defending against diversion--California.
abstract: In 1988, Californians passed Proposition 99, which raised the tobacco tax from 10 cents to 35 cents and allocated 20% of the resulting revenues, approximately $100 million, for tobacco education and 5% for tobacco-related research. Seventy percent was allocated for health care costs and 5% for the environment. In this report, the authors provide an overview of the process of implementing the tobacco education program, which is followed by a more detailed review and analysis of the major impediments to the program, i.e., the diversion of a significant portion of the funding voters had earmarked for tobacco education and research and the battles for legislative reauthorization of Proposition 99 in the 1990s.
authors.affiliation: American Lung Association of California, Sacramento, USA.
authors.forename: C B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Beerline
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Breslow
mesh_terms: D002140:California; D004493:Education; D005380:Financing, Government / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D011057:Politics; D016730:Program Development; D012109:Research Support as Topic; D012907:Smoking / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D013219:State Government; D013660:Taxes / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D019460:Tobacco Industry / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence