{"id":1591340,"date":"2022-08-05T16:19:44","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T20:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1591340"},"modified":"2022-08-05T16:19:55","modified_gmt":"2022-08-05T20:19:55","slug":"poll-majority-of-pennsylvanians-oppose-bidens-menthol-cigarette-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-majority-of-pennsylvanians-oppose-bidens-menthol-cigarette-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"POLL: Majority of Pennsylvanians Oppose Biden\u2019s Menthol Cigarette Ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpoll-majority-of-pennsylvanians-oppose-bidens-menthol-cigarette-ban%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1591340&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>A majority of voters in Pennsylvania oppose a federal ban on menthol cigarettes, according to a poll conducted last month, making it the latest battleground state to oppose President Joe Biden\u2019s controversial proposal.<\/p>\n<p>According to an Echelon Insights poll obtained by the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em>, 52 percent of Pennsylvania voters say menthol cigarettes should remain legal. A majority of women, Hispanics, and independent voters oppose the ban, which Biden proposed in April 2021 to &#8220;address health disparities experienced by communities of color, low-income populations and LGBTQ+ individuals.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The poll suggests any ban on menthols could further erode Biden\u2019s standing in the Keystone State, where the president has just a 39 percent approval rating. Forty-seven percent of Biden voters oppose the ban, while 39 percent support it. Democrats oppose the ban by a 44-37 margin. Pennsylvania attorney general Josh Shapiro, the Democratic nominee for governor, has <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoshShapiroPA\/status\/1355521146343411718\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">called on<\/a> the Food and Drug Administration to ban the cigarettes. Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, the Democratic Senate nominee, has not weighed in on the issue, though <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/john-fetterman-soda-tax\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">he does support<\/a> a soda tax that is also unpopular with voters.<\/p>\n<p>The poll, which surveyed 603 registered voters in early July, mirrors similar findings in Georgia, North Carolina, and Nevada. A majority of voters in those states oppose the menthol ban, according to an April <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/the-gops-newest-midterm-issue-menthols\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Echelon poll<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Progressive groups have opposed the ban, arguing that it will have unintended consequences for minorities, who tend to prefer menthols over traditional cigarettes. Eighty-five percent of black smokers prefer menthols over other cigarettes, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/news-events\/press-announcements\/fda-commits-evidence-based-actions-aimed-saving-lives-and-preventing-future-generations-smokers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to the Food and Drug Administration<\/a>. The American Civil Liberties Union <a href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/04262127_organizational_final_letter_on_menthol_bans_2021.04.23.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> Biden\u2019s proposal was a &#8220;policy disaster waiting to happen&#8221; and would &#8220;disproportionately impact communities of color, result in criminalization of the market, and exacerbate mass incarceration.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Violent crime remains a far more important issue to voters than the proposed menthol ban, according to polling. Ninety-five percent of respondents in the Echelon poll say other issues are more important than the ban. In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania\u2019s largest city, 70 percent of residents <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewtrusts.org\/en\/research-and-analysis\/issue-briefs\/2022\/04\/pew-poll-gun-violence-covid19-have-hit-philadelphians-hard\">say<\/a> crime and public safety are the most pressing issues. Just 36 percent of residents there support a ban on menthols, versus 49 percent who want to keep them legal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A majority of voters in Pennsylvania oppose a federal ban on menthol cigarettes, according to a poll conducted last month, making it the latest battleground state to oppose President Joe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":155,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1591340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1591340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/155"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1591340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1591340\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1591340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1591340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1591340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}