Nunez: $2-a-pack cigarette tax to pay for health care

CALIFORNIA

Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez, D-Los Angeles, also conceded a major point to Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger by endorsing a mandate that all Californians have health insurance. The Democratic leader of the state Assembly announced a final effort Monday to pass a health care overhaul before the end of the year, proposing a $2-a-pack tax on cigarettes to help expand coverage to all 6.8 million uninsured Californians.
[Q: so when cigarette revenue drops as it eventually will, where will the money then come from?]

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