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ADVISORY OPINION TO ATTY. GEN. RE TOBACCO

Nos. SC05-1897, SC05-2098.

926 So.2d 1186 (2006)

ADVISORY OPINION TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL RE: PROTECT PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY YOUTH, FROM ADDICTION, DISEASE, AND OTHER HEALTH HAZARDS OF USING TOBACCO.

Supreme Court of Florida.

March 16, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General and Louis F. Hubener, Chief Deputy Solicitor General, Tallahassee, FL, for Petitioner.

Stephen H. Grimes of Holland and Knight, LLP, and Susan L. Kelsey of Anchors Smith Grimsley, P.L., Tallahassee, FL, for Floridians for Youth Tobacco Education, Inc., Sponsors.

T. Elaine Holmes, Tampa, FL, on behalf of Counsel for American Cancer Society, Florida Division, Inc. and Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids; Allen T. Geiger of Rogers Towers, P.A., Jacksonville, FL, on behalf of Counsel for American Heart Association, Inc., Florida-Puerto Rico Affiliate; Mark O. Cooper of O'Neill, Liebman and Cooper, P.A., Orlando, FL, on behalf of Counsel for American Lung Association of Florida, Inc., for Proponents.

PER CURIAM.

The Attorney General has requested that this Court review a proposed amendment to the Florida Constitution designed to protect people, especially youth, from addiction, disease, or other health hazards of using tobacco, including the corresponding financial impact statement. We have jurisdiction. See art. IV, § 10, art. V, § 3(b)(10), Fla. Const. For the reasons explained below, we approve the amendment, the ballot title and summary, and...

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