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  • Fla. cigar industry challenges no smoking law

    01/14/2003 5:33:49 PM PST · by Just another Joe · 4 replies · 331+ views
    The South Florida Business Journal ^ | Jan. 14, 2003 | staff writer
    The state's cigar industry said it has filed a federal lawsuit seeking to overturn an amendment passed into the Florida constitution Nov. 5 prohibiting smoking in enclosed indoor workplaces. The industry group is comprised of nine Florida manufacturers, importers, exporters and distributors of cigars and cigar leaf tobacco. The group contends the amendment would virtually wipe out their industry in the state because it would prevent the burning of tobacco in cigar factories and cigar-related facilities. The group said smoking cigars and burning cigar leaf tobacco are essential steps to manufacture, develop, distribute and sell cigars and cigar leaf tobacco....