It looks like cigarette smokers in California will be spared an added $1 per pack excise tax. Officially, the vote on Proposition 29 to more than double the Golden State's cigarette tax is too close to call. The latest tally shows the anti-tax side eking out a 50.9 percent victory. That's a 63,000 vote lead...

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