Gretchen Whitmer wants to limit cellphones in Michigan schools, tax vapes

State rep. Mark Tisdel, R-Rochester Hills, introduced a proposal last year for the limitations of mobile phones in schools throughout the state, but the legislation did not go through the democratic control of the legislative power of the state.

The number of states with comparable limitations is growing rapidly. At least 16 are currently prohibiting or limiting the use of mobile phones in classrooms, including Indiana and Ohio, where legislators adopt two -fold laws last year that school districts require to establish policy.

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In Ohio, the school policy “emphasizes that the use of mobile phones of students is as limited as possible during school hours” and “reducing mobile phone -related distractions in the classroom in the classroom.” There are exceptions for devices used for learning or for health control.

Some studies have found links between the use of heavy mobile phones and teen depression, but that is there No definitive consensus And some parents have argued for continuous access as a communication line in emergency situations.

The governor is planned to deliver her Annual address for the legislative power On Wednesday at 7 p.m. it will be the sixth state of the term of office of the state of Whitmer and her for the front place before her second and last term ends in 2026.

Whitmer is also set to state a proposal to expand the taxes currently placed on tobacco products to other addictive nicotine products such as Vapes and oral bags, such as zyns.

She first rolled out the tax idea during her budget proposal at the beginning of February. It would bring the 32% wholesale tax on goods such as cigars to nicotine-containing products that previously escaped the tobacco tax.

Whitmer binds the tax to the theme of mental health of adolescents by noticing the growing use of the products among the young Michiganders.