Monday, July 25, 2011

Tobacco Resolution


The Centers for Disease Control says more than 2.5 million Floridians are smokers. A number of anti-smoking groups are still trying to reduce that number.

Middle and High School students met at Springfield City Hall Monday to ask city officials to support Tobacco Resolution 11-04.

The Resolution is a statewide initiative from Students Working Against Tobacco or SWAT. It calls attention to tobacco companies marketing of so-called candy flavored tobacco products.

SWAT members say the tobacco companies are using the candy flavored product to market directly to kids. They’re hoping the resolution will have some influence on retail stores.

Lauren Coffman, County Representative "It's to urge to stop the sale of candy flavored tobacco. Within Bay County, the average initiation rate for tobacco is the age of eleven." Flavored tobacco can be Kiss cigarettes or GLamour cigarettes.

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