Lee County, FL— The Tobacco Free Lee Coalition welcomes the public to its monthly meeting at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, January 21, 2014 at the North Fort Myers Florida Department of Health in Lee County conference room, 83 Pondella Road.

The agenda includes updates on the smoke free multi-unit housing project, anticandy flavored tobacco initiatives, Students Working Against Tobacco programs and the employer cessation project. The public is always invited to speak during the open forum for coalition members and visitors.

“The Tobacco Free Lee Coalition is excited to welcome new members to join existing advocates interested in bringing about policy change through involvement from the student, business, health and hospital communities to cut tobacco use rates,” said Debora Ithier, tobacco prevention specialist with the Florida Department of Health in Lee County.

Everyone is welcome.

The Department works to protect, promote and improve the health of all people in Florida through integrated state, county and community efforts.