ADVISORY OPINION TO ATTORNEY GENERAL RE PROTECT PEOPLE FROM THE HEALTH HAZARDS OF SECOND-HAND SMOKE by Prohibiting Workplace Smoking.
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March 28, 2002.
March 28, 2002.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Louis F. Hubener, III, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, Presentor.
Stephen H. Grimes and Susan L. Kelsey of Holland & Knight, Tallahassee, FL, for Smoke-Free for Health, Inc., Sponsor.
Christopher Lawson Nuland, Jacksonville, FL, for American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine, Florida Chapter, Inc. and the Florida Public Health Association, Inc.; T. Elaine Holmes, Tampa, FL, for American Cancer Society, Florida Division, Inc., and AARP; Teresa D. Shelton, St. Petersburg, FL, for American Heart Association, Inc. Florida/Puerto Rico Affiliate; Marshall Collins Deason, Jr., Tampa, FL, for American Lung Association of Florida, Inc.; and Michelle Anchors of Anchors, Foster, McInnis & Keefe, P.A., Fort Walton Beach, FL, for Center for Florida's Children, and National Center for Tobacco-Free Kids, Inc., Proponents.
Barry Richard of Greenberg Traurig, P.A., Tallahassee, FL, and Elliot H. Scherker and Elliot B. Kula of Greenberg Traurig, P.A., Miami, FL, for Lorillard Tobacco Company, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Associated Builders & Contractors of Florida, Inc., Cigar Association of America, Inc., Florida Hotel and Motel Association, Inc., Florida United Businesses Association, Inc., Florida Tobacco & Candy Association, Florida Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Association, and Florida Retail Federation; and Stephen W. Metz, Warren H. Husband, and Susan C. Hauser of Metz, Hauser & Husband, P.A., Tallahassee, FL, for the Florida Restaurant Association, Inc., Opponents.
Supreme Court of Florida.
PER CURIAM.
The Attorney General has petitioned this Court for an advisory opinion concerning the validity of a proposed citizen initiative amendment to the Florida Constitution. The proponent of the initiative is a group known as Smoke-Free for Health, Incorporated (Smoke-Free). We have jurisdiction. See art. IV, § 10; art. V, § 3(b)(10), Fla. Const. This Court issued an order permitting interested parties to file briefs with regard to the proposed...
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