California voters narrowly rejected Proposition 29, which would have raised taxes on various tobacco products, including cigars. The measure would have raised California’s state OTP tax from just over 33% to just under 55%, a nearly 75% increase.

Fortunately for California, the measure was rejected last night by a margin of over 60,000 votes, meaning California will not see a raise in cigar taxes in the immediate future.

California Citizens Against Wasteful Taxes, a group lobbying against Prop 29, is a halfwheel sponsor.