“A Senate committee Monday approved a proposal that seeks to let local governments decide if they want to ban smoking at their public parks. The state, rather than local governments, generally controls tobacco-related laws and regulations. Under constitutional amendments passed in 2002 and 2018, smoking tobacco and vaping are banned in enclosed indoor workplaces throughout the state. The 2018 amendment also allows local governments to adopt more-restrictive ordinances on vaping, which could include banning the use of electronic cigarettes in public parks. A House version of Debbie Mayfield, R-Rockledge, bill (HB 457) has not been heard in committees.”
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Florida Senators back stamping-out smoking in parks
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