About Tobacco-Free
Welcome to Tobacco-Free Together! The University of Florida and Shands HealthCare have a longstanding commitment to the health and well-being of our patients, students, visitors and employees. We seek to provide an environment that supports this goal: a healthy place to visit, a healthy place to heal, a healthy place for faculty, staff and students to work and learn.
Tobacco dependence is our nation’s most preventable cause of death and disease, including cancer. So starting Nov. 1, 2009, all University of Florida Health Science Center and Shands HealthCare facilities will be tobacco-free. Patients, visitors, students, and employees will no longer be able to smoke or use tobacco products on our campuses, in HSC, Shands and UF Physicians buildings or parking lots, or even in their cars while they are visiting. UF plans to implement the policy on its main campus in July 2010. We appreciate your support of this effort.
If you would like to break the habit, many resources are available. More information about counseling services, self-help materials and medicines to help smokers and tobacco-users quit successfully can be accessed here on our Web site.
Tobacco-Free Together is about making healthy choices for our faculty, staff, students and visitors. Please join us in taking this step toward a healthier tomorrow!
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Video Message from Dr. David Guzick
Announcements
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Patients, visitors and employees at the University of Florida Health Science Center campus and Shands HealthCare facilities throughout north central Florida are going Tobacco-Free Together, officials announced Tuesday, Aug. 4.
As of Nov. 1, the use of cigarettes or other tobacco products in any of the Health Science Center, Shands or UF Physicians buildings and parking lots, or in vehicles in these areas, will not be permitted. UF plans to implement the policy on its main campus in July 2010.
