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Archive Home > 2007 > November > 07 > An 'unprecedented push stops a tobacco tax hike to fund kids health care

An 'unprecedented push stops a tobacco tax hike to fund kids health care

Voters reject Measure 50

By James Sinks / The Bulletin
November 7, 2007

SALEM " Measure 50 was supposed to give voters a choice between cheaper cigarettes and expanded health care programs, mostly for low-income kids.

But a record-setting ad blitz by the tobacco industry helped reframe the debate into one over the sanctity of Oregon's constitution, which....

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