Ryan NicolNovember 7, 2019
5min663
Florida would become the 19th state to raise its smoking age to 21.
Tag: tobacco
Ryan NicolNovember 7, 2019
A.G. GancarskiOctober 23, 2019
4min487
Bootleg THC, nicotine vapes to blame
Christine Jordan SextonOctober 19, 2019
7min286
In 2019, 9.1 percent of middle school students who were surveyed had vaped.
Drew WilsonApril 30, 2019
7min331
“It’s a sad state of affairs — a bill with such good intentions has been maimed with toxic amendments.”
Jacob OglesApril 29, 2019
4min359
The catch: Bill also designates e-cigarettes as tobacco products.
Drew WilsonApril 11, 2019
3min873
JUUL has taken out newspaper ads pushing for Florida to pass a "T21" bill.
Peter SchorschJanuary 15, 20185min207
A bill to repeal the state’s tobacco bond cap is moving in the Florida House. Whether it’s fair is another story. The measure (HB 6017), carried by GOP Rep. Cord Byrd of Neptune Beach, cleared its first committee last week by a unanimous 14-0 vote and moves to Appropriations. A companion bill (SB 124) is in the Senate. The […]
Danny McAuliffeDecember 11, 2017
3min212
House Speaker and likely gubernatorial candidate Richard Corcoran’s political committee had a healthy stint in November, raising $753,700 – the fourth-highest monthly total since the committee’s inception last June. From law firms and attorneys alone, Watchdog raised $208,000 last month. The Land O’ Lakes Republican’s committee also received a combined $35,000 from Swisher International and […]
Jim RosicaOctober 18, 2017
5min594
Tobacco companies are hoping next year’s try at a bond cap repeal doesn’t go up in smoke. Legislation that would do away with the limit on the amount of money tobacco companies have to put up as appellate bonds has again been filed, this time for the 2018 Legislative Session. The one-line bill (SB 124) simply repeals the section […]
A.G. GancarskiMarch 16, 2017
5min233
The city of Jacksonville’s municipal code has taken a gradualist approach to tobacco prohibition — and it’s not done yet, if a recently-filed bill is any indication. In 1973, the consolidated city passed an ordinance banning smoking in various places in the city. Then, a fortnight later, a second ordinance was passed clarifying that prohibition […]