The then governor Lawton Chiles directed money won in the settlement to fund a state program to prevent youth smoking.
[citation needed] SWAT continues its operations in Florida under the guidance of four Regional Tobacco Prevention Coordinators.
She goes on to describe how SWAT was gradually defanged after Jeb Bush became governor and the legislature began to cut funding.
The current campaign, managed by Florida's Department of Health, uses only the information that has been found to be less effective in reducing teen smoking.
On page 78, she notes that the "tobacco industry gave its approval to themes of addictiveness, health effects, and social costs because they were the proven failures.