Take Action

Ask your Senator to support the
Protect MI Kids bill package.

Tobacco use remains a costly and critical health issue in Michigan. Addictive and dangerous flavored products, including e-cigarettes, menthol cigarettes, hookah, and chewing tobacco, continue to fuel the youth vaping crisis and exacerbate health inequities.

Smoking costs Michigan over $5 billion in excess health care costs and more than $11 billion in lost productivity each year. Over 16,000 adults in Michigan die each year from smoking. And 14 percent of Michigan high school students use e-cigarettes.

Michigan lags behind other states when it comes to protecting kids and communities from the dangers of nicotine and tobacco. Together we can reverse this trend.

A team of Senators introduced sweeping legislation to fortify Michigan tobacco prevention laws to better protect kids and communities from an industry that spends over $300 million in Michigan each year to retain their customers and addict the next generation of users.

Summary of the Protect MI Kids Bill Package

  • End the sale of all flavored tobacco products, including flavored e-cigarettes, menthol-flavored cigarettes, and flavored hookah tobacco. (SB XXX, Cherry)

  • Require tobacco retailers to be licensed, just like liquor retailers, so the state can enforce laws prohibiting the sale of tobacco to minors. (SB XXX, Singh)

  • Tax e-cigarettes and vaping products containing nicotine for the first time and increasing tobacco taxes with proceeds used to reduce tobacco use among youth. (SB XXX, Chang)

  • Allow local counties and cities to enact tougher restrictions on tobacco sales within their own community. (SB XXX, Shink)

  • Repeal ineffective penalties that punish kids for tobacco purchase, use and position. (SB XXX, Wojno)

Take action today. Please email your Senator and ask them to support this bill package.