• INITIATIVES

    Local initiatives supported by the Tobacco Free Seminole include those below:

     

    Point of Sale

    • Stop illegal tobacco and vape product sales and predatory marketing practices. Learn More
    • At first glance, a convenience store looks innocent enough, but there are some deadly things going on here, courtesy of Big Tobacco.
    • Big Tobacco’s last frontier is the convenience store, where there are few restrictions. In fact, the majority of their advertising and promotional dollars are spent there - $7.3 Billion A Year. Learn More
    • Today’s retail environment looks something like this, with a large powerwall that displays traditional combustible cigarettes as well as e-cigarettes and forms of other tobacco products, including little cigars and cigarillos, smokeless tobacco, and snus.(Image Below)
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  • Making Menthol Black

    Ending the sale of menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars will save lives and help promote health equity.

     

    Menthol cigarettes make it easier to start smoking and harder to quit. That is why flavors, including menthol, are one of the primary reasons kids start using tobacco products. Currently, nearly 19 million people smoke menthol cigarettes. The use of menthol is highest among Black and brown communities and the lesbian, gay and bisexual population.

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    Smoke-Free Multi-Unit Housing

     

    • Secondhand smoke exposure increases the risk of respiratory infections, ear infections, and can trigger severe asthma attacks.
    • Tobacco smoke moves along air ducts, through wall and floor cracks, through elevator shafts, and along plumbing and electrical lines. 
    • Tobacco smoke contains 7,000 chemicals, hundreds are toxic and 69 can cause cancer. Affecting smokers and everyone around them.

  • Tobacco Free Schools

    Ensure K-12 school policies that address tobacco are comprehensive and effective. Learn More

    • Youth spend more time in school than almost anywhere else
    • 9 of 10 of adult smokers start before age 18
    • Youth e-cigarette use is a nationwide epidemic
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    Live Vape Free provides you with self-paced online courses, one-on-one coach support and downloadable toolkits to educate you on youth vaping and help you support teens in quitting.

  • Increasing Cessation Access

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    Help organizations implement policies that protect workers from secondhand smoke and help workers who want to quit. Learn More

     

     

    Partner with health systems to improve access to evidence-based cessation services. Learn More

  • Tobacco Free Publics Parks

    Tobacco free spaces like parks, beaches, recreational facilities and courtyards have surged in popularity

    throughout the United States. Learn More

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    • The Florida Clean Air Act was first passed in 1985 and adjusted overtime to protect public health.

     

    • The recent update to Florida’s seminal Florida Clean Air Act, “The Regulation of Smoking by Counties and Municipalities Act”, allows local governments to enact policies to restrict smoking in outdoor shared spaces they own and operate, such as public beaches and community parks.
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