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

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to call for school restrictions on cellphones, vape tax

Both proposals expected to be part of Wednesday night's State of the State Address

At least 16 states already ban or limit cellphone use in classrooms

LANSING — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is expected to use her Wednesday night State of the State Address to call for a new law limiting cellphone use in school classrooms and to reiterate her pitch for a new tax on nicotine products like vapes.

Whitmer intends to note cellphone use has “detrimental effects” on the “mental health and educational outcomes” of young people, and she’ll call on lawmakers to pass legislation limiting — but not outright banning — their use in schools, her office told Bridge Michigan.

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