Local Events

November 15 - 21, 2010: Tobacco-Free Parks Litter Pick-up Week

Join Students Working Against Tobacco (SWAT), The Florida Department of health (FLDOH) Communities Putting Prevention To Work (CPPW) and Florida's Parks and Recreation in a statewide clean-up of tobacco litter within our parks.

Where: Any Florida park or recreational facility

What: Pick up tobacco litter with SWAT and other volunteers with CPPW.

How: Take lots of pictures and weigh how much litter you collect. Report back your findings.

For more information, contact April Seliga at 904.710.2232.

November 18, 2010: Great American Smokeout event at Greater Jacksonville Fair

Time: 11:00 am - 5:00 pm

SWAT has partnered with the Oceanway Middle School 4H Club to host a table and help 4H sweep up trash at the fir. Health educators from the Tobacco Prevention Program will provide information about the smoking cessation services that are available.

SWAT students manning the table will provide education about candy-flavored tobacco products and why they feel these products should be removed from store shelves. The will also collect signatures on a petition to ban these products in Duval County.

Schedule of National Tobacco and Lung Health Observances:

February 14 - 20, 2010: Through with Chew Week

February 18, 2010: Great American Spit Out

April 2, 2010: Kick Butts Day

May 31, 2010: World No Tobacco Day

November 18, 2010: Great American Smokeout