By a nearly 40-point margin (67% to 28%), Michigan voters strongly support a bill package to reduce tobacco use among kids, including ending the sale of all flavored tobacco products, according to a poll released Friday by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids and the Michigan Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Tobacco-Free Kids and MIAAP lead the Keep MI Kids Tobacco Free Alliance, a coalition of more than 120 groups working to protect kids from the dangers of tobacco.
“This poll demonstrates the overwhelming, bipartisan public support for our lawmakers to take bold action to stop the tobacco industry from targeting our kids with flavored products, reverse the crisis of youth e-cigarette use, and pass strong tobacco prevention policies this session,” said Jodi Radke, regional advocacy director for the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids and co-chair of the Keep MI Kids Tobacco Free Alliance.
He said the poll found that Michigan voters strongly support a comprehensive legislative package of tobacco prevention policies.
The poll found strong support for this policy package across political lines, including from voters who identify as strong Democrats (78%), lean Democrats (71%), strong Republicans (60%), lean Republicans (62%) and Independents (64%).
Support is also widespread across geographic and demographic groups, Radke said, including in Metro Detroit (68%) and outstate (67%), from men (62%) and women (73%), White (67%) and Black (74%) voters, and across age groups.
“It’s time to put our kids first and enact comprehensive tobacco prevention policies to create the first tobacco-free generation with a healthier future ahead,” said Dr. Brittany Tayler, internist and pediatrician at Hurley Medical Center, assistant professor at the Pediatric Public Health Initiative at Michigan State University and co-chair of Keep MI Kids Tobacco Free Alliance. “Enacting strong policies will especially benefit those communities that have been historically targeted by the tobacco industry including youth and Black Americans. We are very encouraged by these polling results and are ready to work with the Legislature to put these prevention policies in place.”
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