The American Lung Association released Florida's annual smoking report card, and we got three Fs. As in F'ing awesome? No, as in one out of five Floridians are slowly F'ing killing themselves. Whoops. The ALA recognizes the state for increasing its tobacco control funding, but overall we're still failing. We also got Fs for our cigarette tax and cessation coverage by Medicare. But we received a B for our smoking bans. That works out to a 0.75 GPA. I don't think we couldĀ evenĀ get into MDC with
Brrrrr. It's cold out there. [CBS4]Traffic fines are going up because the State can't pay its bills. [NBC6]And because the State can't pay its own bills, it sure as hell isn't going to start paying more of the poor's rent. [NBC6]A cigarette smoker nearly burnt down his apartment complex. [Herald]The Embargo is popular again. [Herald]Another Florida ponzi scheme. This one with a rock'n'roll twist. [Herald]