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Florida Statutes

Title XLVI. Crimes (Chapters 775-899)
Chapter 859.  Poisons;  Adulterated Drugs
859.058. Prohibition against clove cigarettes

No person shall sell, use, possess, give away, or otherwise dispose of cigarettes or similar products designed or intended for smoking, made in whole or in part from, or containing, cloves, clove oil, or eugenol, or any derivative thereof.

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Scop, step away from the kretek...

Notice how there's no penalty provision? How is this one still on the books? Waiting for a test case I suppose.

this might help:

http://www.sptimes.com/2003/08/10/Pasco/History_clouds_case_o.shtml

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