Tobacco companies blitz airwaves to block California tax on cigarettes (VIDEO)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jun/04/california-prop-29-cigarette-tax

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZ88fQ0aJSE&feature=player_embedded#!



Two-thirds of California voters backed the $1 extra tax, but two months later, the margin is narrowing in run up to Tuesday's vote

Philip Morris and RJ Reynolds have flooded airwaves with warnings that the proposed $1 tax on cigarette packs is a flawed idea which would bloat government bureaucracy and funnel money out of the state.