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[Florida] Local Area Continues Fight Against Flavored Tobacco
Wakulla County Commissioners voted unanimously Monday in favor of an ordinance making it harder for kids to purchase flavored tobacco. It means stores in that area must now put tobacco in places not easily seen by children or teens.
May 6, 2013
WCTV6 CBS (Tallahassee, FL)
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May 8, 2013 01:47
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[Florida] Firefighter injured after blaze started by woman smoking in bed
The woman wasn't hurt but a firefighter was and had to be taken to the hospital.
May 4, 2013
Baynews 9 (Tampa, FL)
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May 5, 2013 22:06
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[Florida] Fort Lauderdale Law Firm Wins $2 Million Verdict Against Big Tobacco; Jury Finds Companies Responsible for Woman's Cancer Death
"This was an important case to the Cohen family, to plaintiffs and to those smokers who have been mercilessly hooked to the addictive powers of nicotine -- which the cigarette companies early on denied existed, only to watch as millions of people couldn'
May 3, 2013
The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition
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May 3, 2013 23:30
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[Florida] Jury awards Delray Beach man $1.2M from tobacco companies for wife’s death from smoking
After deliberating for roughly five hours over two days, the six jurors ordered three of the nation’s biggest cigarette-makers to pay the Delray Beach man $1.2 million for turning his wife into a hopeless nicotine addict, which ultimately led to her deat
May 3, 2013
Palm Beach (FL) Post
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May 3, 2013 00:49
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[Florida] 11th Circ. Asked To Revive Dead Smokers' Engle Suits
Tobacco plaintiffs told the Eleventh Circuit on Wednesday that a Florida federal court improperly dumped more than 500 Engle progeny suits mistakenly filed as personal injury suits naming deceased former smokers as plaintiffs without allowing them to be a
Apr 24, 2013
Law360
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Apr 29, 2013 18:38
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[Florida] SWAN: House bans bongs, what are they smoking?
Store owners say the bongs and pipes are for tobacco. The number of hookah bars selling flavored tobacco ... This is Tallahassee. Medical marijuana is insane. A bong ban is wise policy. Hopefully, voters next year will show lawmakers the smart way forw
Apr 28, 2013
Hernando (FL) Today
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Apr 28, 2013 19:28
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[Florida] Students debate smoke-free campus
Florida State students stand on both sides of the smoke-free campus debate. The university is set to become a smoke-free campus in January 2014
Apr 25, 2013
Tallahassee (FL) Democrat
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Apr 26, 2013 11:35
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[Florida] LACAGNINA: Words on wellness: Those who smoke hurt us all
Smokers generally live shorter, less productive lives and cost themselves and their communities more money in health care services. Yes, we all share the financial burden of someone else having unhealthy behaviors. The additional medical expenses incurred
Apr 25, 2013
Ft. Myers (FL) News-Press
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Apr 25, 2013 14:14
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[Florida] RJ Reynolds Ordered To Pay $6M Over Lung Cancer Death ($$)
The jury found Richard Aycock was addicted to cigarettes manufactured by R.J. Reynolds and that smoking the cigarettes had caused his death. They held the tobacco company 72.5 percent responsible for Aycock’s death and awarded $5.9 million to his widow,
Apr 19, 2013
Law360
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Apr 24, 2013 09:54
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[Florida] Milton to stop hiring smokers Oct. 1
"This is part of an overall wellness program established by the city," said Milton City Manager Brian Watkins. "Wellness programs can also play an important role in containing health care costs for employers and individual employees."
Apr 19, 2013
Pensacola (FL) News Journal
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Apr 20, 2013 16:02