Cigars, Pipes Could Get Carve-Out In New Florida Bill

CBS Miami

February 6, 2022

A bill that would allow local governments to restrict smoking at beaches and public parks could be changed to exclude cigars and pipes.

Senate sponsor Joe Gruters, R-Sarasota, filed an amendment Friday that would prevent cities and counties from restricting “the smoking of cigars that do not contain a filter or a plastic tip or the smoking of pipe tobacco in a pipe.”

The Senate Environment and Natural Resources Committee are expected to consider the bill (SB 224) and the proposed amendment during a meeting Monday. Under current law, the state controls the regulation of smoking throughout Florida.

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