The focus of Tobacco
Free Florida Week is to help protect Floridians by educating the public
concerning the dangers of secondhand smoke exposure and by helping smokers
quit.
In November 2006,
Florida’s voters overwhelmingly approved a state constitutional amendment,
Article X, Section 27, that called for establishing a comprehensive tobacco
education and use prevention program using a percentage of the state’s tobacco
settlement fund. As a result, Tobacco Free Florida (TFF) launched in 2007. TFF
is administered through the Florida Department of Health’s Bureau of Tobacco
Free Florida (BTFF), and funded by money derived from the state’s tobacco
settlement agreement with the major tobacco companies in 1997.
In support of this
endeavor, today Apalachicola Mayor Van Johnson issued a Mayoral Proclamation that
proclaims May 8-14 Tobacco Free Florida Week in Apalachicola.
Click below to access or
print Proclamation.
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