Warning: Constant ABSPATH already defined in /home/flanews/public_html/wp-config.php on line 34
Capitol News Service » Blog Archive » DOH Leading by Example

Welcome to

Capitol News Service

Florida's Best Political Coverage on Television

 


 


 


Recent Posts

RSS Quote of the Day

  • Charles Baudelaire
    "Everything that is beautiful and noble is the product of reason and calculation."
  • Wilson Mizner
    "The best way to keep your friends is not to give them away."
  • Benjamin Disraeli
    "Silence is the mother of truth."
  • H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
    "Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness."

DOH Leading by Example

September 30th, 2009 by flanews

State health officials are leading by example in an effort to cut down on the number of smokers in Florida.

The Department of Health and the Agency for Health Care Administration now have voluntary smoke-free campuses in Tallahassee. Department heads are asking their employees not to smoke on their property and offering help to anyone looking to break their addiction. Florida’s Surgeon General Dr. Ana Viamonte Ros said the goal is to spread the message beyond health workers.

“Those that do currently smoke, we have cessation classes available. We want to make sure that not only they, but the public in general, understands that there is a quit line available, a telephone quit line that helps them obtain counseling services as well as nicotine replacements therapies and also those that don’t smoke try to encourage them not start because it is addictive and it is a difficult habit to break,” said Viamonte Ros.

Website: www.tobaccofreeflorida.com
Quit line: 1877-UCANNOW

Posted in Health, State News | 1 Comment »

Leave a Comment

Please note: Comment moderation is enabled and may delay your comment. There is no need to resubmit your comment.

copyright © 2016 by Capitol News Service | Powered by Wordpress | Hosted by LyonsHost.com