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The 1972 Cigarette Tax Referendum: A Mass Communication Campaign, Gwendolyn Moore Danielson
The 1972 Cigarette Tax Referendum: A Mass Communication Campaign, Gwendolyn Moore Danielson
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During the past forty years, Oregon voters have approved only two tax proposals; both taxes on cigarettes. The subject of this study is the campaign carried out by proponents of H.B. 3064 to pass the most recent Oregon tax referendum measure. Central to the questions asked in the investigation of the 1972 cigarette tax campaign was why the outcome of this proposal was successful. The thesis hypothesizes that the critical variable was the involvement of major socio-economic interest groups in formulating and disseminating persuasive campaign messages.
The rationale for entering into such a study was the shortage of information on …