Big Tobacco is going all in against Proposition 29, the June ballot measure that would hike cigarette taxes by $1 per pack. On Thursday, the parent companies of Philip Morris USA and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. reported nearly $9 million in contributions to the opposition campaign. That gives the tobacco companies a war chest of more than $23.5 million ... ~snip Tobacco companies appear to be fighting public sentiment. A USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times poll last month found that 68% of California voters favored Proposition 29, compared with 29% who opposed it. Still, the public has rejected a variety of...
