Poll shows Missouri voters not fired up about raising nation's lowest cigarette tax

JEFFERSON CITY • Missouri voters appear poised to snuff out two proposed tobacco tax increases on this year’s general election ballot, according to a new Post-Dispatch poll.

In a telephone survey of 625 voters conducted Monday through Wednesday, the two ballot initiatives calling for raising Missouri’s lowest-in-the-nation cigarette tax received scant support, despite more than $18 million in contributions to the cause from tobacco companies.

By contrast, the poll showed robust support for two other questions on the ballot, including one that would reinstate caps on campaign contributions and a separate GOP-led effort to require voters to present a photo ID before casting a ballot.

The poll surveyed voters on four of the six ballot initiatives facing voters this year. Other questions on the ballot include whether to keep a special sales and use tax that benefits state soil and water conservation programs and whether to prohibit the state from imposing taxes on services, such as haircuts and dry cleaning.

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