Tobacco Free Partnership

Partnership between One Voice for Volusia and the Tobacco Free Partnership/Healthy Volusia

The Tobacco Free Partnership has reconvened in Volusia County and will function as a sub-committee of the One Voice for Volusia coalition and an advisory body to the Volusia County Health Department. Current Healthy Volusia members have be invited to join the Tobacco Free Partnership.

      Goals of the Tobacco Free Partnership

            Goal 1: Promote cessation from tobacco use

            Goal 2: Eliminate exposure to secondhand smoke

            Goal 3: Prevent the initiation of tobacco use

            Goal 4: Build and maintain an effective TCP infrastructure

Percentage of Volusia County Adults Who Currently Smoke, Source: Florida CHARTS ;Age 18-44 = 27.1%; Age 45-64 = 28.6%; Age 65+ = 10.8%

Percentage of Volusia County Middle & High School Students Using Tobacco in the Last 30-days; Source: Florida Youth Substance Abuse Survey; Cigarettes = 9.8%; Smokeless Tobacco = 4.1%

For additional program information, you may also contact Rakinya Hinson, MPH, Health Education Program Manager, Volusia County Health Department at (386) 274-0603 or
e-mail: The Tobacco Prevention Program.

If you are interested in serving on the Tobacco Free Partnership, please phone (386) 947-8301 or
e-mail: One Voice for Volusia - Executive Director.

• Membership
• Meetings Minutes/Agenda
• Tobacco Free Partnership (PowerPoints)
  
  
• Creating a Tobacco Free Volusia County
  
  (PPT - 7,124 kb)  (PDF - 819 kb)  (PDF - Text Version - 31 kb)
  
  
• Chronic Disease & Tobacco: Effects of Cigarette Smoking on Chronic Disease
  
  (PPT - 764 kb)  (PDF - 618 kb)  (PDF - Text Version - 33 kb)
  
  
• Healthy Volusia Collaborative
  
  (PPT - 1,119 kb)  (PDF - 201 kb)  (PDF - Text Version - 23 kb)