This is a meeting of an Advisory Council required by Section 381.84, F.S. The council meets four times per year to provide advice to the Department of Health relating to the Comprehensive Tobacco Education and Use Prevention Program. The two day ...  


  • The Florida Department of Health, Division of Health Access and Tobacco announces a public meeting to which all persons are invited.
    DATE AND TIME: August 31, 2009; September 1, 2009, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. each day
    PLACE: The Senate Office Building, 404 South Monroe, Room 110, Tallahassee, Florida 32399
    GENERAL SUBJECT MATTER TO BE CONSIDERED: This is a meeting of an Advisory Council required by Section 381.84, F.S. The council meets four times per year to provide advice to the Department of Health relating to the Comprehensive Tobacco Education and Use Prevention Program. The two day meeting will provide evaluation information and reports about the Tobacco Education and Use Prevention Program and each of the program’s major components including media, the cessation quitline, and community programs. There will be additional discussion in the Advisory Council Subcommittee breakout sessions during this meeting.
    A copy of the agenda may be obtained by contacting: Michelle Beard at (850)245-4444, ext 2472 (michelle_beard@doh.state.fl.us) or by going to the Department of Health Tobacco website at http://www.doh.state.fl.us/tobacco/TAC.html prior to the meeting.
    Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this workshop/meeting is asked to advise the agency at least 4 days before the workshop/meeting by contacting: Michelle Beard at (850)245-4444, ext 2472 (michelle_beard@doh.state.fl.us) or by going to the Department of Health Tobacco website at http://www.doh.state.fl.us/tobacco/TAC.html prior to the meeting. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the agency using the Florida Relay Service, 1(800)955-8771 (TDD) or 1(800)955-8770 (Voice).
    If any person decides to appeal any decision made by the Board with respect to any matter considered at this meeting or hearing, he/she will need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceeding is made, which record includes the testimony and evidence from which the appeal is to be issued.