More than half of Americans would support a ban on the sale of all tobacco products, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The opinion came in responses to a 2021 survey, detailed in a paper published yesterday in the CDC journal Preventing Chronic Disease.
Among those surveyed, 57.3 percent strongly or somewhat supported prohibiting the sale of all tobacco products, and 62.3 percent supported a ban on the sale of menthol cigarettes.
Survey respondents were not given a definition of “tobacco products,” so it isn’t known how many believed that category includes e-cigarettes and nicotine pouches. The FDA, which regulates tobacco products, does consider non-combustible consumer nicotine products to be “tobacco products.”
Last April, the FDA issued a draft rule that, if finalized, would ban the sale of menthol cigarettes and all flavored cigars. Soon after, the agency announced plans to pursue a rule that would force cigarette manufacturers to eliminate almost all nicotine in cigarettes.
Jim McDonald – Vaping360 – 2023-02-03.
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