Jesse SchecknerJanuary 3, 2023
7min0
Unfiltered cigars and vaping products are still allowed.
Tag: cigarettes
Jesse SchecknerJanuary 3, 2023
Kelly HayesFebruary 7, 2022
4min0
'Cigarette butts are one of Florida's largest environmental litter problems that pollute our beaches and bays.'
Jesse SchecknerDecember 17, 2021
24min1013
The problem is massive, global and growing, and it poses significant threats to Florida.
Kelly HayesSeptember 19, 2020
3min878
Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeal ruled Friday that R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company will have to pay the state a one-time $92 million payment, as well as an estimated $30 million annually — a win for Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody. R.J. Reynolds was part of the 1997 settlement in which cigarette makers agreed to […]
Wire ServicesAugust 13, 2020
4min594
The cases stem from a ruling regarding tobacco dangers and misrepresentation.
Wire ServicesJune 8, 2020
7min631
R.J. Reynolds wants off the hook after it sold four brands.
Scott PowersFebruary 12, 20208min409
A bill on the move in the House would regulate vape products differently from tobacco.
Scott PowersJanuary 21, 20205min367
Would define vape products as tobacco products
Staff ReportsMarch 23, 2018
3min215
The Protect Tobacco Free Florida coalition is cheering the death of a proposed constitutional amendment that would have affected anti-smoking marketing efforts. “This positive outcome preserves Florida’s constitutional commitment to protect the health of Floridians by using Big Tobacco’s own money to tell the truth about the dangers of their products,” said the coalition’s statement, […]
Jim RosicaMarch 20, 2018
5min565
After nearly an hour of discussion, a Constitution Revision Commission (CRC) proposal that would affect the state’s efforts to reduce smoking was postponed Tuesday. CRC member and House Speaker pro tempore Jeanette Nuñez, who filed the measure (P94), pulled it from the floor after several commissioners questioned its necessity. Tobacco Free Florida, the state’s tobacco prevention and cessation program, […]