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Florida is failing when it comes to controlling tobacco and preventing smoking, according to a new report from The American Lung Association.

The law states tobacco can’t ever be sold to anybody born on or after Jan. 1, 2009, although it means the minimum age will keep going up and up. The goal is to make New Zealand smoke-free by 2025.

The advent of vaping revived nicotine addiction among young people after a dramatic decline. The FDA seems poised to at last yank some products aimed at teens from the market. Will it work?

The e-cigarette maker has agreed to settle a two-year investigation by 33 states and Puerto Rico into the marketing of its vaping products, which have been blamed for a surge in teen vaping.

In the coming weeks, cities and counties could move forward under a new state law that allows them to ban smoking cigarettes and vaping at locally controlled beaches and parks.

A report by state economists pointed to a forecast last month that cigarette sales would decline by 2.5 percent annually over the next decade.

The Food and Drug Administration is poised to set a maximum nicotine level in cigarettes and some other tobacco products, looking to make them less addictive and wean smokers off the habit.

Siding with R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., the Supreme Court said plaintiffs must show that smokers relied on misleading information from cigarette makers to prevail on the claims.

Florida's surgeon general leads a discussion on youth nicotine use and other issues during a meeting of the Florida Children and Youth Cabinet.

The justices upheld the decision of an appellate court that said a circuit judge improperly applied a pre-1999 version of a state punitive damages law to the case.