Do you agree with the FDA's move to ban menthol cigarettes?

Asked by ABC 17 News

671 Votes

Do you agree with the FDA's move to ban menthol cigarettes?

24%

Yes Yes

76%

No No

24%

Yes

The FDA said Thursday that it has started the process to ban the sale of menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars. The agency says the products take a disproportionate health toll... Show More

The FDA said Thursday that it has started the process to ban the sale of menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars. The agency says the products take a disproportionate health toll on young people and people of color. Show Less

1 Comment

itachi 🦇

smoking just results in addiction, sickness and death, nothing good rly comes from it.

76%

No

Tobacco company Altria, which owns Philip Morris, pushed back against the plan, arguing prohibition doesn't work.

Tobacco company Altria, which owns Philip Morris, pushed back against the plan, arguing prohibition doesn't work. Show Less

6 Comments

Max

This is our government out of control. Menthol cigs are more popular for some ethnic groups, so they have to be controlled. A government sponsored racist attack.

Kerry Farnham

Tobacco is a legal product and adults should be allowed to make their own decisions.

Carrie Marsh

Either ban all cigarettes or leave them alone. As a former smoker, menthol at that, to ban certain ones is going to target a certain audience no matter which way you go. What a person puts in his or her own body is that person's decision. Why increase the divisiveness among the American people?

Durrell Proctor

What does race have to do with cigarettes? See KMIZ, you are part of the problem. Why must EVERYTHING be about race to the media. You hear all the time about stereotypes, and the media continues to push it.

Max

It's not about cigarettes. It's about control. Our government is out of control.

Spencer Jackson

It’s none of the government’s business what people choose to put in their bodies. Plus, to ban the tobacco products that’s the most popular with African Americans, as if they can’t decide what’s best for them, is incredibly patronizing if not racist.

Nick Sutherland

I have smoked menthol for yrs and there just as addicted as full flavors

Whose Missouri income tax plan is better?

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195 Votes

Whose Missouri income tax plan is better?

52%

Democrats Democrats

48%

Republicans Republicans

52%

Democrats

Democrats want to lower taxes for low-income people and increase taxes on the rich.

Democrats want to lower taxes for low-income people and increase taxes on the rich. Show Less

1 Comments

Fred

Not since the Great Depression has wealth inequality in the US been so acute, Top 0.1% now worth as much as the bottom 90%. Prior to Reagan and trickle-down economics in the mid-80's, the bottom 90% held over 35% and the top 0.1% about 10%. And yet, the wealthiest among us still want more!

Max

It will always be that way, because most people make bad choices.

Fred

Forgot one important fact ... Reagan and trickle-down economics also put us on the path to huge budget deficits and financial ruin.

Fred

This data is from 12 years ago, but it is only WORSE now. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/nov/13/us-wealth-inequality-top-01-worth-as-much-as-the-bottom-90

48%

Republicans

GOP governor Mike Kehoe has proposed phasing out state income tax.

GOP governor Mike Kehoe has proposed phasing out state income tax. Show Less

3 Comments

Steve Baumann

Nothing the Democrats have done of offered has ever helped the majority of the people. Obamacare caused my healthcare to skyrocket and quality to plummet. Democratic scandals, such as those seen in Minnesota with the Somalians, far too common. It's past time to support out President.

Fred

Prior to the Affordable Care Act, insurance companies routinely denied coverage for pre-existing conditions. How exactly does that reduce the quality of coverage?

Fred

Right ... other than the 19th Amendment, Social Security, GI Bill, Medicare, Medicaid, Securities and Exchange Act, Rural Electrification Act, unemployment benefits, Voting Rights Act, Head Start & student loans, Republicans? Tax cuts for corporations & the wealthy.

JIC CoMo

I say fire every Politian. I have not seen one yet that knows what they are doing. They are only for themself and not for the people of the State.

Toasty

If the revenue isn't replaced (along with cuts) with a flat/consumption/fair tax, then it's a waste of time. When it comes to spending money, republicans can waste it as much as the democrats.

Fred

It would probably be replaced by higher regressive sales tax rates.

Do you think Gov. Mike Kehoe is leading Missouri in the right direction?

Asked by ABC 17 News

987 Votes

Do you think Gov. Mike Kehoe is leading Missouri in the right direction?

27%

Yes Yes

73%

No No

27%

Yes

3 Comments

Will Mason

Your question is way too generic. To a degree that that renders it pointless.

Eric Smith

Kehoe is ok, and I mean just ok. Unfortunately, Missouri has now had two weak governors back-to-back.

Toasty

Is he Tim Waltz level incompetence? No, but with a republican majority, he could do better. Listen to The Eagle every morning and Randy will give you all the details.

73%

No

12 Comments

Steve Sargent

He rammed through legislation reversing laws enacted via the ballot box. This LBJ wannabe needs impeached or voted out into obscurity

J Harris

He does not act for all Missourians and his policies so far have hurt more Missourians than helped. He's just another smug St Louis rich guy helping his buddies in the Good Ol Boys Club out and hurting everyone else through terrible policy and not supporting or protecting the will of voters..

Lisa Harter Kerns

Public schools need funded

Ed Smith

Allowing gambling on sports, while ACL, relocation and retirement occur in that same instance sounds premeditated. Reversing voter decisions is communist! And, have car dealers started getting their commission on the property tax collections, yet?

Danny Bowling

No income tax doesnt work check all the states that tried it. RESCT THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE!

John Scherer

Killing the rural public schools. Promoting the St. Louis County private school agenda. Where is the accountability for private schools supported with public money?

Vancie Brown

Nothing is getting done

Bruce Russell

Governors tax policies are misguided. Capital Gains and income tax elimination will shift the tax burden to lower and middle income folks. Saying this is to attract new business is a weak argument.

Tom Maxwell

He is screwing over the average Missourian to give himself and other rich people a tax break.

Robert Rasmussen

He's continued Missouri's race to the bottom with Texas and Florida when it comes to this culture war bull, his proposition to eliminate income tax is fake populist pandering, in reality it's a rug pull on the poor and a handout for the rich.

John Shadwick

His tax plan is a blatant wealth transfer. A sales tax increase disproportionally harms lower income individuals.

Madison Haleigh

Because he hasn't done anything to help people get affordable housing or access to healthcare. He takes money from big companies to build data centers.

ABC 17 News

Do you agree with the FDA's move to ban menthol cigarettes?

24% Yes Yes

76% No No

24% Yes

76% No

Whose Missouri income tax plan is better?

52% Democrats Democrats

48% Republicans Republicans

52% Democrats

48% Republicans

Do you think Gov. Mike Kehoe is leading Missouri in the right direction?

27% Yes Yes

73% No No

27% Yes

73% No

24%

Yes Yes

76%

No No

24%

Yes

76%

No

52%

Democrats Democrats

48%

Republicans Republicans

52%

Democrats

48%

Republicans

27%

Yes Yes

73%

No No

27%

Yes

73%

No