"Sweet Deception"

DCHD Tobacco Prevention Manager Stephen McCloskey discusses in a local TV interview the marketing practices of the tobacco industry targeting smokeless, candy-flavored products towards children. From First Coast Living, 6/17/2011. Watch video.

Hooked on hookah: same as smoking 100 cigarettes?

Medical experts are now comparing the dangers of cigarette smoke to that of hookah, saying smoking hookah for an hour is the equivalent of smoking 100 cigarettes. Dr. Lynnette Kennison says there are very valid reasons for hookah smokers to be concerned.
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TFJC march at Martin Luther King Day Parade 2011

A parade of thousands including SWAT and TFJC turned out for the annual Martin Luther King Celebration held in downtown Jacksonville. The rain and cool weather did not stop the parade participants from making the march from the Prime Osborn Convention Center to Ever Bank Field.

Tobacco-Free Jacksonville Coalition is a bold, marketwide health initiative to encourage smoking cessation both on an individual level and in the workplace setting. We are dedicated to reducing the number of smokers by increasing public awareness on the dangers of tobacco usage and preventing the use of all forms of tobacco.

Tobacco-Free Jacksonville provides resources on smoking cessation to individuals, health care providers and human resource professionals so they can facilitate smoking cessation programs in their respective companies.

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What does it mean to be a SWAT member? Exposing the lies and deceit of money-hungry Big Tobacco. Knowing the truth instead of being an addict, and have the power to save lives. Take your future into your own hands and become an advocate for change. Help our generation inform Big Tobacco that our lives are not for sale.

Students Working Against Tobacco is a Florida-based, youth created, grassroots advocacy group working to create a tobacco-free generation. All Florida middle and high school students, ages 11-17, are eligible to participate.

If you want to join our members in creating a tobacco-free generation, just call us at the Duval County Health Department at (904) 253-1600.