The Florida Department of Health Communities Putting Prevention to Work (CPPW) program recently compiled a collection of success stories. As you know, the two-year program, funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, began in 2010 and has worked with schools,…

Maitland is all in! The city council passed a resolution urging residents to not smoke in public spaces.

Maitland Resolution (PDF 554kb)

12/07/2011 - Valencia Voice | by Jeremy Williams

The Great American Smokeout came to Valencia’s East Campus last week to raise awareness on the dangers of smoking and to encourage all students and faculty to kick the habit.

Valencia College has joined the Share the Air campaign to ban smoking in all public places, indoors and outdoors, anywhere on campus.

“We are not doing this because we are…

12/07/2011 - Isaac Babcock | Winter Park Maitland Observer 

Cigarette smoking in public parks could be banned if the Winter Park City Commission gets the right to do so, but that means overturning a Florida law. At its Nov. 28 meeting the Commission passed a resolution asking the state to do just that.

The resolution specifically asked the state to allow cities to regulate tobacco use however they…

Valencia students discuss the pros and cons of their campus going tobacco-free.

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Is Valencia's No Smoking Rule Fair to Students? (PDF 116kb) 

12/07/2011 - Valencia Voice | by Lawrence Laguna

Many voices are being heard in the city of Orlando as people demand that public places be made smoke-free. Some citizens want to be able to experience a clean air environment without worrying about second-hand smoke. Their voice has been heard through the All In To Clear Air campaign launched this year.

This new program is supported and sponsored by…

12/01/2011 - Bloomberg Businessweek

TALLAHASSEE - Florida ranks 13th nationally in anti-smoking funding, although the state uses just 3.7 percent of its tobacco settlement for that purpose.

Those are among the findings in a report released Wednesday by a coalition of public health organizations. It says Florida spends $62.3 million a year on preventing children from smoking and…

11/30/2011 - UCF Colleges & Campus News

“Out of concern for the health and safety of our campus community, we are also moving to make UCF’s campuses smoke-free. In coming months, we will host public discussions and forums as we formulate a policy. I hope to see it in place one year from now at all campus locations. This…

Winter Park Florida is all in! Last night the city commission unanimously passed a resolution making all parks smoke-free.

Tallahassee Democrat | by Dr. H. Frank Farmer

Dr. H. Frank Farmer Jr. is the Surgeon General of Florida. A former president of the Florida Medical Association and former chair of the Florida Board of Medicine, he served in the medical corps of the US Army and Air Force as well as the National Guard. He retired from the Air Force with the rank of colonel in 2004.

This month marks five years…

Dr. Antonio Novello, former US Surgeon General and Executive Director of Public Health Policy and Implementation at Florida Hospital calls on the Florida State Legislature to allow communities to protect their citizen's health.

Source: Orlando Sentinel

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Ocoee is all in! Last night, the City Commission unanimously passed a resolution making all parks smoke free.

ORLANDO – Initiatives, aimed at making Orange County’s public spaces smoke-free, are gaining ground as the American Cancer Society marks the 36^th Great American Smokeout.  The Orange County Health Department’s (OCHD) all in project has worked with numerous municipalities, schools, and colleges recently to encourage more smoke-free spaces.  These steps make public health sense, because second-hand smoke causes heart disease and lung cancer in non-smokers,…

ORLANDO - The Town of Oakland recently passed a resolution urging all persons to consider the public health hazards associated with second-hand smoke and not to smoke where children are playing and gathering.

In addition, the resolution urges the Florida Legislature to support local home-rule power over County owned property, especially public parks and other places where children play.…

ORLANDO- The City of Apopka recently passed a resolution urging all persons to consider the public health hazards associated with second-hand smoke and not to smoke where children are playing and gathering.

The resolution further urges the Florida Legislature to support local home rule power over City owned property, especially public parks and other places where children play. …

UCF President John C. Hitt announced Thursday UCF is moving to ban smoking on campus “out of concern for the health and safety of our campus community.”

Hitt declared that UCF will host public discussions and forums as the second-largest university formulates its new smoking policy, which would align UCF with anti-smoking moves being made by Orange County government and Florida Hospital.…

The City of Eatonville unanimously passed a resolution last night urging the citizens of Eatonville not to smoke in parks and other public places where children commonly gather. 

The resolution also urges the Florida Legislature to repeal preemption and adopt home rule. 

Download the resolution (PDF 1.8mb)

The City of Belle Isle, Florida recently passed a resolution strongly urging its citizens not to smoke in parks and other public places where children commonly gather.

The measure also urges the Florida Legislature to support local home-rule power over municipally-owned property, especially public parks and other public places where children play.

The City of Belle Isle is the second city in Orange County to adopt such a resolution. On September 12, the City of Orlando passed a…

Get Short, Timely Messages From all in.

The all in project, as part of our public health education campaign is launching a FREE mobile information service that provides cessation and counter tobacco messages to help educate the public about the harmful effects of tobacco on our community.

People who text CLEAR AIR to 37932 will receive messages 2 times per week on the health effects of second-hand smoke. The…

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has identified Tobacco as one of 6 Winnable Battles where we can make a significant progress in improving public health outcomes in a relatively short time-frame.

With the help of a federal grant for tobacco prevention and control in our community, the Orange County Health Department and community partners are working to develop a framework to implement comprehensive smoke-free air policies. This grant award is part of the U.S.…