Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for May 10, 2023
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May 10, 2023: Fifty-two percent (52%) of voters favor a proposal that would prohibit anyone born after 2010 from ever purchasing tobacco, while allowing older people to continue to buy it. A Scott Rasmussen national survey found that 35% oppose the proposal.
The survey also found that 71% of voters favor prohibiting the sale of tobacco near schools, and 53% favor a proposal to phase out the sale of all tobacco products over a period of several years.
Methodology
The survey of 1,000 registered voters was conducted online by Scott Rasmussen on April 26-25, 2023. Field work for the survey was conducted by RMG Research, Inc. Certain quotas were applied, and the sample was lightly weighted by geography, gender, age, race, education, internet usage, and political party to reasonably reflect the nation’s population of registered voters. Other variables were reviewed to ensure that the final sample is representative of that population.
The margin of sampling error for the full sample is +/- 3.1 percentage points.
Note: Neither Scott Rasmussen, ScottRasmussen.com, nor RMG Research, Inc. have any affiliation with Rasmussen Reports. While Scott Rasmussen founded that firm, he left nearly a decade ago and has had no involvement since that time.
Survey Questions
Another proposal has been made that would prohibit the sale of tobacco to any person born after 2010. Older people would still be able to purchase tobacco, but younger people would never be allowed to do so. Would you favor or oppose this proposal?
- 29%-Strongly favor
- 23%-Somewhat favor
- 18%-Somewhat oppose
- 17%-Strongly oppose
- 13%-Not sure
Would you favor or oppose restrictions that would prohibit the sale of tobacco near schools?
- 46%-Strongly favor
- 25%-Somewhat favor
- 15%-Somewhat oppose
- 8%-Strongly oppose
- 6%-Not sure
On a different topic, a proposal has been made that would ban the sale of all tobacco products after a period of several years. Would you favor or oppose this proposal?
- 29%-Strongly favor
- 24%-Somewhat favor
- 19%-Somewhat oppose
- 19%-Strongly oppose
- 10%- Not sure
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