Big Tobacco Targets Maryland Kids
Tobacco companies have a long history of targeting kids. Maryland legislators can protect the health and futures of our youth by enacting stronger policies to protect our kids from a lifetime of addiction and illness.
MARYLANDERS WANT STRONGER LAWS TO PROTECT YOUTH FROM TOBACCO
A new poll conducted by OpinionWorks shows a resounding 81% of Marylanders support strengthening laws to prevent tobacco sales to youth and teens.
The poll provided a representative sample of Maryland voters with policies for addressing youth access to tobacco products. Voters from all backgrounds responded with strong support for a broad array of options to limit access:
- 70% support ending the sale of flavored tobacco products, including menthol-flavored cigarettes.
- 69% support including vaping in Maryland’s Clean Indoor Air Act to prohibit vaping inside public places.
- 68% support limiting the number (or density) of vape shops in a single neighborhood.
- Only 25% of voters think the State of Maryland is doing enough to limit access to tobacco products for children and teens.
- 77% believe it is better to continue driving down tobacco use, and find other revenue sources to replace tobacco tax revenue.
- 63% believe it is more important to protect children and teens from tobacco products with stronger regulations, compared to 30% who put greater priority on protecting small businesses that sell tobacco products.
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A broad, diverse group of community and faith organizations support ending flavored tobacco sales in Maryland: