Pick up your butt
The Board’s Budget and Finance Committee has approved Mayor Newsom’s proposed 33 cent tax on cigarettes. The price hike could hit shelves as early as October 1, providing San Francisco smokers yet another reason to quit.
- Newsom's cigarette-fee proposal approved (Examiner) 06/30/09
- City Insider: Smoke tax proposed for cleaning up butts (Chronicle) 05/20/09
- No ifs ands or butts -- San Francisco considers cigarette cleanup fee (LA Times) 05/20/09
- Butts burn through city’s cash (Examiner) 05/19/09
- Cost of Cigarette Litter May Fall on San Francisco’s Smokers (NY Times) 05/19/09
Jesse Feldman