This does not happen when you drink a glass of wine, for example. Counties across California, including Solano, are expected to receive millions of tax dollars generated by Proposition 10. The funds will be distributed to counties based on birth rates. Solano County supervisors are expected to soon appoint a commission that will decide how to spend the windfall revenue. The tax comes just a year after California smokers were pushed out of bars.
Smokers also face fines.
Enforcement of the ban has varied, with some cities issuing only a handful of citations. Other cities have issued more than 100, according to Breath, a nonprofit group monitoring the ban. Vacaville resident Mark McCallum said Lil Havana provides him and other smokers with a haven in an era when they seem to be under siege almost everywhere else. McCallum said he will be greatly saddened if Proposition 10 leads to the closure of Lil Havana. A new reason to quit Don Coombs planned on giving up tobacco in 1999, with or without a new tax on it.