Amendment 4

[Bob]

I don't know how long our constitution reads, but is this document worth altering for money that will spent in short order? Is this about TV and print ads, mentoring, and why an amendment? Does the legislature view the settlement money as a slush fund for pet projects? I would think to curb smoking, make the product only available in state run tobacco shops. Cigs are just too easy to buy. Better yet, put an education tax on the product to benefit kids at the local level.

 

[Cil]

Better yet, put an education tax on the product to benefit kids at the local level.

This is an excellent idea.

 

[relaygirl]

"Amendment 4 would restore funding to our state?s highly effective youth tobacco prevention efforts. It would require the Florida Legislature to annually fund a comprehensive, statewide tobacco education and prevention program. And it would be funded entirely with money from the tobacco settlement, as was originally intended.
Amendment 4 would restore Florida?s abandoned commitment to protecting our youth from the dangers of tobacco."

This is a quote from the www.ACSCAN.org