The Senate unanimously passed the bill last month. The constitutional amendment, placed on the November ballot by the Florida Constitution Revision Commission, combined a ban on vaping and the use of electronic cigarettes in indoor workplaces with a ban on offshore oil drilling. While voters overwhelmingly approved the measure, it still needed lawmakers to implement it.
The bill includes similar requirements as a long-standing law that bans smoking tobacco in indoor workplaces. It would allow vaping at places such as stand-alone bars, designated rooms in hotels and retail tobacco shops.
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This article appears in Apr 11-18, 2019.