Issue 55 - Proposed Replacement of Excise Tax on Cigarettes for Cuyahoga Arts and Culture

For the purpose of making grants to support operating or capital expenses of arts or cultural organizations in Cuyahoga County, to defray the costs of acquiring, constructing, equipping, furnishing, improving, enlarging, renovating, remodeling, or maintaining an artistic or cultural facility, and to meet operating expenses of Cuyahoga Arts and Culture, shall an excise tax be levied throughout Cuyahoga County for the benefit of Cuyahoga Arts and Culture on the sale of cigarettes at wholesale at the rate of 35 mills per cigarette, which amounts to 3.5 cents per cigarette, for 10 years? An existing tax of 15 mills per cigarette, which amounts to 1.5 cents per cigarette, having two years remaining, will be terminated and replaced upon the passage of this tax.