A Healthier Florida With Amendment 6.

A Healthier Florida With Amendment 6 It has been a well known fact for over the past thirty years that cigarette smoke is not only harmful to the health of the smoker but also is harmful to the non-smoker, or passive smoker, that is breathing in the second hand smoke. This second hand smoke is just as deadly and filled with carcinogens as the mainstream smoke inhaled by the primary smoker. Also to the majority of …

…they are many times more likely to be at risk then a patron that may be exposed for an hour or so. Fortunately, for the health of Floridians, Amendment 6 passed with an overwhelming approval of 70.8%. It passed in all of Florida's 67 counties. With its addition to the Florida Constitution on January 7, 2003, Florida's non-smoking citizens will have an opportunity to live a healthier life without having to breathe the deadly smoke filled air produced by others.