Milton, FL – The Tobacco Free Santa Rosa Coalition will host the Sustaining Our FutureWorkshop from 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 25, in the main conference room of the Florida Department of Health in Santa Rosa County, 5527 Stewart Street in Milton. The workshop will bring together coalition members, community partners, small business owners and human resource managers to discuss electronic nicotine delivery systems, smoke-free multi-unit housing, smoking cessation and optimizing employee health.   

The keynote speaker will be George J. Pfeiffer, MSE, FAWHP, founder and president of the Work Care Group, Inc. and author of several resource guides on health and aging. He has more than 40 years’ experience in worksite health promotion. Other speakers include representatives from the Partnership for a Healthy Community, West Florida Area Health Education Center (AHEC) and health educators with the Florida Department of Health in Santa Rosa County. 

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 the Florida Department of Health in Santa Rosa County; Healthy Start of Santa Rosa County; Women, Infant and Children Program (WIC); The Center for Total Women’s Health; Community Drug and Alcohol Council; 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; Santa Rosa Pediatrics; University of West Florida; Students Working Against Tobacco (SWAT), AIDS Healthcare Foundation and Live Well Northwest Florida (The Partnership for a Healthy Community).  

For more information on the Tobacco Free Santa Rosa Coalition, contact Vince Nguyen, tobacco cessation specialist, with the Florida Department of Health in Santa Rosa County at 850-983-5200, ext. 142.  Visit our website at    https://santarosa.floridahealth.gov/programs-and-services/wellness-programs/tobacco/index.html .  For information on tobacco cessation, visit Tobacco Free Florida at https://tobaccofreeflorida.com/ or
call 1-877-U-CAN-NOW (1-877-822-6669).