From the VTA on Florida:
FLORIDA GETS READY TO CALL VOTE ON FLAVOR BAN & TOBACCO TAX
VTA’s Regional Government Affairs Director, Kino Becton, and many representatives of the Florida Smoke Free Association (FSFA) are working hard to fight back against two Senate bills (SB 810 and SB 1394) which seek to define vapor as a tobacco product in order to open the door to the imposition of tobacco taxes. Both bills were called to the state Senate floor for a vote on Wednesday night. However, Senator Simmons (Sponsor) requested that they be temporarily postponed so he could “engage in negotiations with the House to come up with language acceptable to both Chambers”. We believe this action is an effort to get the House to adopt the same language from these bad bills.
As VTA and FSFA continue to fight against SB 810 and SB 1394 on the ground, we NEED your HELP! We ask that you take the time to call state senators and ask them to vote NO on SB 810 and SB 1394. FSFA has the full contact list of senators here.
Follow-up from Nick Orlando – Vice President of the Florida Smoke Free Association (FSFA):
We need your voices everyone focus on The House of Representatives and respond to the call to action on flsmokefree.org please visit the page for more details.
URGENT HOUSE C.T.A.
Please call Rep. Jackie Toledo @ (850) 717-5060 to thank her for her bill (HB 7089) and ask that she “keep it clean with no amendments” as it moves through the house.
Then one more phone call:
Take a minute to call your representative asking them to do the same, support HB 7089, and to keep it clean and vote NO on any amendments. You can find your representative by clicking here.
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