Voters Overwhelmingly Demand FDA Reform & Tobacco Harm Reduction

American voters overwhelmingly recognize the urgent need to reform the failing Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and that it helps smokers quit through proven harm reduction technologies like vaping, nicotine pouches, and new reduced risk products according to newly released polling.  

Widescale polling conducted by conducted by RG Strategies and Peak Insights showed that a staggering 74% of Americans believe FDA needs significant overhaul, while a plurality were particularly dissatisfied with FDA’s approach in stonewalling the approval of products that help smokers quit.

With the science that such products are 95% safer than combustible cigarettes, and multiple times more effective in helping smokers quit than other nicotine replacement therapies, not in serious dispute, the American public clearly understands the evidence better than politicians seeking to restrict evidence to lifesaving products.

This support is in addition to previous polling undertaken by Americans for Tax Reform which shows that two thirds of America’s 20 million users of new nicotine products are likely to vote for a candidate whose publicly support the right to smokers to make the switch – easily enough to swing votes in key states.

In the leadup to the November election, these polls together demonstrate that embracing tobacco harm reduction is not only the morally right thing, it is also the politically smart thing to do.