Milton, FL - The Tobacco-Free Santa Rosa Coalition (TFSRC) will meet at 4:00 p.m. Thursday, August 15 in the main conference room of the Florida Department of Health Milton location, 5527 Stewart Street (in the back of the building).
Topics include work-site wellness, smoke-free multi-unit housing, Point of Sale (POS) policies, tobacco free parks, community events and partnership’s vision for FY 2019-20.
The Tobacco-Free Santa Rosa Coalition began in September 2008 as a partnership of community members and agencies working together with a mission to reduce the prevalence of tobacco use and provide education on the dangers of tobacco abuse among children and adults.
Members include:
Florida Department of Health in Santa Rosa County
Healthy Start Coalition of Santa Rosa County
Women, Infant and Children Program (WIC)
The Center for Total Women’s Health
Community Drug and Alcohol Council- Behavioral Health
West Florida Area Health Education Center
Covenant Hospice
Safe Haven
Santa Rosa County School District
Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office
Santa Rosa County School Health Program
City of Milton
Santa Rosa Pediatrics
University of West Florida
Students Working Against Tobacco (SWAT)
Department of Juvenile Justice
SR Teen Court
United Way of Northwest Florida
Major’s Home Improvement
Camp Fire Gulf Wind
Children’s Home Society
OneBlood
ServPro of North Pensacola
Goodwill Easter Seals of the Gulf Coast
Humana
AIDS Healthcare Foundation
Any interested citizens or community groups are encouraged to attend the meeting and join the coalition.
For more information, contact Vince Nguyen, Tobacco Cessation Specialist with the Florida Department of Health in Santa Rosa County, at 850-564-2253.