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[FL] PROTECT PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY YOUTH, FROM ADDICTION, DISEASE, AND OTHER HEALTH HAZARDS OF USING TOBACCO

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> United States > Florida > Constitutional Amendments > 2006 Initiatives and Referenda > Youth Tobacco Prevention Program

Office

Referendum

Type

Referendum

Filing Deadline

July 21, 2006 - 12:00am

Polls Open

November 07, 2006 - 06:00am

Polls Close

November 07, 2006 - 06:00pm

Term Start

November 08, 2006 - 12:00am

Term End

00, 9999 - 12:00am

Last Modified

CBlock941 July 26, 2007 10:30am

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Description

To protect people, especially youth, from addiction, disease, and other health hazards of using tobacco, the Legislature shall use some Tobacco Settlement money annually for a comprehensive statewide tobacco education and prevention program using Centers for Disease Control best practices. Specifies some program components, emphasizing youth, requiring one-third of total annual funding for advertising. Annual funding is 15% of 2005 Tobacco Settlement payments to Florida, adjusted annually for inflation. Provides definitions. Effective immediately.

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