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Smoke Free Society Education Corporation
(SFSEC) is a
not-for-profit, 501(c)(3) tax-exempt advocacy organization to
influence public opinion concerning tobacco use.
SFSEC is committed to making education
and awareness the
key tools to curb smoking and tobacco use by providing
a
tangible,
first-of-its-kind research and education
facility,
a permanent
campus-style think tank
center in Palm Beach
County, Florida
to provide, host
and facilitate ongoing seminars, conferences and conventions
to bring
together smoking cessation professionals, i.e. physicians, psychologists,
substance abuse specialists, other experts, etc. from around the nation
and world to research, study, share and exchange ideas,
facts and solutions to:
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Develop and provide
the most-effective educational and prevention programs to help educate our precious children
to prevent them from a lifelong enslavement to smoking and tobacco use.
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Develop the most-effective
means and tools to educate smokers to better
understand the nature of their smoking habit and nicotine
addiction and how to more successfully quit and stay smoke free.
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Educate the general public on
the hazards of smoking and
address issues such as smoke-free workplace and public laws and
their implementation without creating millions of second-class
citizens – smokers. And
find solutions and guidelines to help with the transition from a
smoking to a nonsmoking workplace and society.
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Put
solutions
back into the community that further encourage community
support, involvement
and
private
donations
for this most important
cause of the 21st century
that can tremendously improve
and promote a healthy lifestyle
that can lead to increased productivity, cost savings and
eliminating disability, disease and death caused by smoking and
tobacco use.
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Nationally, to provide facilities in conjunction with local
communities, schools, other civic and governmental institutions
to further expand its outreach.
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To create jobs, employment and worldwide recognition that helps
Palm Beach County continue to transform into a leading center
for scientific and medical research.
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To develop programs and accredited courses
in conjunction with
colleges/universities to help train and certify smoking
cessation professionals to better serve the need of the millions
of smokers who want to quit smoking and/or help their loved ones
quit.
Every day in the USA alone, 70%
of, or over 32 million, smokers desperately want to quit and
need help to do so.
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To create a circle of sport and entertainment celebrities to
endorse and promote a positive, nonsmoking image as role models
to help make nonsmoking a part of our culture as smoking has
been for so long.
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To offer
classes and programs to educate parents who smoke on the
negative impact secondhand smoke imposes on young children, how
they are important role models to their children and how their
costly habit limits their ability to better provide basic
necessities such as food, education, healthcare and fun
activities for their families. Everyday,
over 125 million Americans alone, most of them
children, are subjected to deadly secondhand smoke in their
home, public and work place.
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To design
specially-tailored, educational and effective smoking cessation
programs for pregnant mothers to educate them on the dangers of
smoking and the lifelong effects of
secondhand smoke on their unborn, newborn and young children.
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To provide facilities where schools can bring their students on
field trips to help better educate and inform them on the
hazards of smoking, why not to smoke/use tobacco and get them
actively involved at an early age.
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To bring awareness and education through use of computers,
information technology and video games that are widely used by
our children to help them learn more about the hazards of
smoking and to stay away from using tobacco.
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To provide
special programs for low income and under-educated families and
children to better educate and inform them on the hazards of
smoking and benefits of quitting,
saving their health and wealth.
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To provide classrooms, conference halls and staffing to bring
together this unique and effective community service.
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To provide solutions that can help increase productivity,
helping cut costs and saving money for employees, employers and
local, state and federal governments –
a win, win combination for all.
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