UCF President John C. Hitt announced Thursday UCF is moving to ban smoking on campus “out of concern for the health and safety of our campus community.”

Hitt declared that UCF will host public discussions and forums as the second-largest university formulates its new smoking policy, which would align UCF with anti-smoking moves being made by Orange County government and Florida Hospital.…

The City of Eatonville unanimously passed a resolution last night urging the citizens of Eatonville not to smoke in parks and other public places where children commonly gather. 

The resolution also urges the Florida Legislature to repeal preemption and adopt home rule. 

Download the resolution (PDF 1.8mb)

The City of Belle Isle, Florida recently passed a resolution strongly urging its citizens not to smoke in parks and other public places where children commonly gather.

The measure also urges the Florida Legislature to support local home-rule power over municipally-owned property, especially public parks and other public places where children play.

The City of Belle Isle is the second city in Orange County to adopt such a resolution. On September 12, the City of Orlando passed a…