Sarasota County is moving toward banning the use of cigarettes and filtered cigars at the county’s beaches and parks to promote public health and reduce littering. County commissioners voted 3-1 on ...

DeLand is considering whether to ban smoking and vaping in public parks, but unfiltered cigars, thanks to state law, will still be permitted. The DeLand City Commission will consider an ordinance that ...

Dear Doctor: I smoked cigarettes for years, but I always used the filtered kind. (I've since stopped.) Now I'm hearing that people who smoke filtered cigarettes have increased rates of lung cancer ...

GULFPORT, Fla. — Walking along the beaches in Gulfport, it's not uncommon to find cigarette butts on the ground. That’s why the city is considering a ban. City council members have already voted once ...

PANAMA CITY BEACH − It now is illegal to smoke cigarettes and vape in select areas of the Beach. However, unfiltered cigars still are fair game. The Panama City Beach City Council on Thursday approved ...

Public laws: Miami Beach and other cities have laws against drinking in public, and the beach is as public as you can get. Several beaches in Central and North Florida permit alcohol on the sand.

If you like to smoke at public beaches and in city parks in Miami Beach, you have a couple more days to do so before getting fined for it. The city's newly passed ordinance, approved by the Miami ...

GULFPORT, Fla. — The City of Gulfport is taking steps to create a cleaner, healthier environment along the city’s shoreline. Gulfport city council members voted on Tuesday to approve a ban on smoking ...

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — The new year started in Miami Beach with a ban on cigarette smoking on the beach and at public parks after most city commissioners voted in support of it. It’s a measure that Dave ...

Violators can expect to pay upwards of $50 if caught smoking on the sand and possibly be charged with a misdemeanor Getty The City Council of Jacksonville, Fla. has voted to ban smoking and vaping on ...

My desk at the Post-Intelligencer is about 6 feet from an outdoor balcony where smokers gather to take their poison. In the course of a day, the parade of smart, witty, engaging colleagues past my ...