To promote the health and well-being of our patients, students, visitors and employees, all University of Florida Health Science Center and Shands HealthCare facilities will be tobacco-free starting Nov. 1, 2009.

Read the Tobacco-Free Together Purpose Statement.

View the news release about Tobacco-Free Together

Online resources

• Patients and visitors - Read about Tobacco-Free Together and find resources to help you quit on our main Web site http://tobaccofree.health.ufl.edu
  
• Shands employees - Visit Tobacco-Free Together on the ShandsConnect Portal under Employee Resource

Need help quitting?

Florida Department of Health Quitline

• 1-877-U-CAN-NOW (1-877-822-6669)
  floridaquitline.com (offers free resources in English and Spanish, counselors available 24 hours a day)

American Cancer Society

• 1-800-QUIT-NOW (1-800-784-8669)

National Cancer Institute

• 1-877-44U-QUIT (1-877-448-7848)
  (offers English- and Spanish-speaking counselors) or visit Smokefree.gov

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