烟草在线据《雪茄迷》报道编译　　加利福尼亚州人民享受优质雪茄的权利因消费税的提高而再一次遭遇挑战。

　　6月5日，加州选民将参与一项民意调查，就是否通过29号提案——《加利福尼亚癌症研究法案》进行投票，该法案便是卷烟和其他烟草产品（OTP）提税的法律来源。增加的税收所得的收入将赠予各种各样的癌症研究基金，或用于反烟运动。

　　该提案将大幅度提高雪茄和其他烟草产品的消费税，其中，其他烟草产品批发价格的税率将从31.73%提高至54.89%

　　过去两年中，烟草税控制机构加州平税局（Board of Equalization）曾下调过其他烟草产品的消费税。2010年，委员会将税率从41.11%下调至33.02%，去年，税率再一次被下调至如今的31.73%。

　　美国雪茄权利组织（CRA）和国际名优雪茄和烟斗零售商联盟（IPCPR）等雪茄游说组织对29号提案表示极力反对。IPCPR和CRA小组都承诺向加利福尼亚公民反对税收浪费小组（California Citizens Against Wasteful Taxes）提供财政支援，该组织是由加州的雪茄爱好者、零售商、进口商和经销商组成的投票委员会。

California Proposes Higher Tax on Cigars

CigarAficionado.com
Posted: April 9, 2012

　　The right to enjoy a premium cigar in California is once again under attack, this time in the form of a higher excise tax.

　　On June 5, California voters will go to the polls to decide whether or not to pass Proposition 29, or the California Cancer Research Act, an initiative that raises the tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products (OTP). Revenues from the tax proposal are to be doled out to various cancer research funds as well as anti-smoking campaigns.

　　The proposal would greatly increase the excise tax on cigars and other products that fall into the OTP category in California from 31.73 percent of the wholesale cost to 54.89 percent.

　　For the past two years, the state's Board of Equalization, which controls tobacco taxation, had decreased the OTP tax. In 2010, the board lowered the tax from 41.11 percent to 33.02 percent, and the tax was again decreased last year to its current 31.73 percent.

　　Cigar lobbying groups like the Cigar Rights of America and the International Premium Cigars and Pipe Retailers association have pledged to fight Proposition 29. Both the IPCPR and the CRA are committing financial resources to help California Citizens Against Wasteful Taxes, a ballot measure committee composed of California cigar enthusiasts, retailers, importers, and distributors.