Cigarette fee receives approval by supervisors
The cost of purchasing a pack of cigarettes is expected to increase by 33 cents on Oct. 1.
The Board of Supervisors Budget and Finance Committee unanimously supported on Monday Mayor Gavin Newsom’s proposed per pack cigarette fee.
The fee, if ultimately approved by the full board next Tuesday, would go into effect Oct. 1 and generate $4.5 million for The City’s coffers.
Newsom proposed to fee to help out the city’s finances during one of its worst deficit years and to offset the cost incurred to clean up butts from sidewalks and streets.
The City spends more than $44 million each year picking up litter throughout San Francisco, and $10.7 million of that is for discarded cigarettes, according to the Mayor’s Office.
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