Denver’s Flavored Tobacco Ban Repeal Effort Outraises Opposition 2-to-1
The campaign to repeal Denver’s ban on flavored tobacco products has raised nearly half a million dollars, with proponents out-fundraising the anti-tobacco side by more than a two-to-one margin. Campaign filings show the repeal effort, organized as “Citizen Power!”, has amassed approximately $328,000.
This significantly surpasses the $143,000 raised by “Denver Kids vs Big Tobacco,” a coalition of health and education groups working to uphold the ban. Denver’s city council passed the prohibition last year to curb youth access to products that public health groups say lead to nicotine addiction. In response, vape shops and the tobacco industry successfully gathered enough signatures to put the ban before voters on the November ballot.
Top contributors to the repeal campaign include the Rocky Mountain Smoke Free Alliance (nearly $173,000) and multinational tobacco company Philip Morris International ($75,000), which produces Marlboro cigarettes, IQOS heated tobacco products, and ZYN nicotine pouches. The primary donor supporting the ban is the Tobacco-Free Kids Action Fund, which has contributed nearly $87,000. Denver voters will decide the fate of the flavored tobacco ban in November.
- News source: Backers of a repeal on Denver’s flavored tobacco ban have out raised anti-tobacco side by a 2-1 margin
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