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Commissioners refer 'Tobacco 21' to staff and back a push for dental therapy legislation
Summary
The board unanimously asked staff to analyze the county19s legal authority and draft potential ordinance language for raising the tobacco sale age to 21, buffers near schools and a local retail license; it also agreed to consider a letter supporting state dental therapy legislation.
Alachua County commissioners on March 27 voted to refer a local Tobacco 21 package to staff for analysis and ordinance drafting and to consider a county letter supporting dental therapy legislation at the state level.
Victoria Hunter Gibney, representing Tobacco Free Alachua’s coalition, briefed the board on evidence showing most smokers begin before age 21 and called Tobacco 21 “a high‑yield policy solution.” She said national and modeling studies project declines…
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