Minnesota Students, Educators Call on Lawmakers to Act on Flavored Tobacco
ST. PAUL, Minn., March 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, students and school staff called on Minnesota lawmakers to act swiftly to end all flavored tobacco sales.
- ST. PAUL, Minn., March 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, students and school staff called on Minnesota lawmakers to act swiftly to end all flavored tobacco sales.
- Last week, around 250 youth, parents and advocates from around the state joined Minnesotans for a Smoke-Free Generation's Day at the Capitol and urged Minnesota lawmakers to act swiftly and end flavored tobacco sales.
- The bill to end the sale of all flavored tobacco products – including menthol cigarettes, flavored cigars, e-cigarettes, hookah and smokeless tobacco – will prevent youth addiction and improve health for all Minnesota residents.
- The survey found that 62 percent of Minnesota residents support "the proposal to end the sale of all flavored tobacco products in Minnesota," including fruit, mint and candy flavored e-cigarettes, menthol-flavored cigarettes, flavored hookah tobacco and flavored chewing tobacco – versus 33 percent who oppose the policy.