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Voters in North
Carolina, Other Tobacco States Support FDA Tobacco Regulation But Tobacco Buyout
Is Far Less Popular, Poll Finds Inclusion of FDA Regulation Boosts Support for
Buyout Washington, DC - In a clear message to tobacco-state members of Congress,
voters in the six leading tobacco-growing states (North Carolina, Kentucky,
Virginia, South Carolina, Tennessee and Georgia) express strong support for
legislation to give the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authority to
regulate tobacco products, while the tobacco buyout is supported by less than
one-third of voters in these states, according to a poll released today.
Tobacco-state voters are more inclined to support the buyout when it is tied to
FDA regulation, and a majority opposes it when it is not, the poll found. In
addition, voters who do support a buyout are even more likely than voters who
oppose it to prefer that the buyout be paired with FDA regulation of tobacco.
Commissioned by the Tobacco-Free Kids Action Fund, the poll was conducted August
30-September 1 by the bipartisan team of Greenberg, Quinlan, Rosner Research, a
noted Democratic polling firm, and Market Strategies, Inc., a nationally
recognized Republican polling firm with clients including President Bush. The
poll’s key findings include: · By a margin of 65 percent to 26 percent,
tobacco-state voters favor granting FDA authority over tobacco products. ·
Conversely, only 29 percent of these same voters favor a proposed $10 billion
buyout for tobacco growers, while 53 percent oppose the buyout. · In North
Carolina, voters favor FDA tobacco authority by a margin of 59 percent to 33
percent, but only 35 percent support the buyout while 49 percent oppose it. ·
Tobacco-state voters’ support for FDA authority is confirmed by their strong
preference for the U.S. Senate-passed version of a buyout, which includes FDA
authority, over the House-passed buyout, which does not. By a 20-point margin
(50 percent to 30 percent), tobacco-state voters choose the buyout paired with
FDA authority over the version that does not include FDA authority. · Even more
telling, those voters who do favor a buyout are even more likely (57 percent to
33 percent) to prefer the Senate buyout with FDA authority to the House’s
buyout-only approach. In North Carolina, voters also strongly prefer the
Senate’s combined approach (50 percent to 30 percent), with those who support a
buyout even more likely (58 percent to 34 percent) to prefer the Senate
approach. Pollster Anna Greenberg explained, “The views of tobacco-state voters
no longer differ significantly from voters elsewhere. This region of the country
has long passed the day that its dependence on tobacco dominates the views of
voters. The result is an electorate that supports FDA tobacco authority to
protect its children from tobacco addiction and is far less supportive of a
tobacco buyout.” Added Alex Gage of Market Strategies, “These poll results
should demonstrate clearly to tobacco-state members of Congress that voters in
their own states do not support a tobacco buyout for growers unless it is
combined with authority for the FDA to regulate tobacco products. Put another
way, even in tobacco states, a tobacco buyout is far less popular without FDA
regulation as a companion.” Support for FDA tobacco authority grows even
stronger when voters hear specifics. Huge majorities of tobacco state voters
support each of the following elements of FDA authority: · 90 percent (87
percent in North Carolina) support requiring tobacco companies to list all
ingredients in their products, as done with other products consumed by the
public. · 86 percent (85 percent in NC) support setting a national minimum age
of 18 to purchase tobacco products and require retailers to ask for a photo ID
of anyone appearing to be under age 27. · 84 percent (82 percent in NC) support
restricting tobacco marketing aimed at children such as limiting advertising in
magazines with a large percentage of readers under age 18. · 82 percent (82
percent in NC) support requiring tobacco companies to take measures, when
scientifically possible, to make cigarettes less harmful. · 79 percent (76
percent in NC) support preventing tobacco companies from making claims that some
products are less harmful than others unless FDA determines those claims are
true. · 74 percent (75 percent in NC) support requiring the reduction or removal
of harmful ingredients, including nicotine, from tobacco products. “Voters in
tobacco states, like voters across the country, support FDA regulation of
tobacco products to protect kids from tobacco addiction and save lives,” said
Matthew L. Myers, President of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. “Even in the
tobacco states, the way to build broad support for the buyout is to link it with
FDA authority over tobacco products, as the U.S. Senate has done. Tobacco-state
lawmakers are gambling with the buyout if they fail to support the Senate
approach that combines a buyout and effective FDA authority.” The telephone
survey, conducted Aug. 30-Sept. 1, 2004, involved 1,101 registered likely voters
in the six largest tobacco-growing states – 601 in NC and 100 each in KY, VA,
SC, TN, and GA. For the overall six-state results, the data are weighted to
accurately reflect the population of each individual state. A larger sample was
included from North Carolina to get a more in-depth gauge of public opinion in
the state that would benefit the most financially from a tobacco buyout. The
total sample of 1,101 voters has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage
points, while the North Carolina sample of 601 voters has a margin of error of 4
percentage points. The smaller samples for the other five states have a margin
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