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Pharr, TX – The Tobacco Prevention & Control Coalition monthly meeting has been moved back one day to Thursday, August 30th at the Edinburg Conference Center at Renaissance, 118 Paseo Del Prado. This will be the final meeting for the Coalition’s operations in Hidalgo County; starting in September their focus will shift to serving Cameron and Willacy counties. In celebration of the Coalition’s efforts and accomplishments to improve the public health of Hidalgo County, Doctors Hospital at Renaissance is hosting the meeting and providing lunch.
All members of the community are invited to attend to learn about the coalition and its collaborative partners and how advocating for tobacco preventative initiatives is an important topic in our community. Tobacco use creates many burdens such as social and financial hardships, and the coalition seeks to mobilize members of the community to raise awareness and educate the public on the damaging effects of tobacco. The monthly coalition meetings are normally held on the last Wednesday of every month from 12 pm to 1 pm, with lunch provided.
The Hidalgo County TPCC is a coalition effort of Behavioral Health Solutions of South Texas, located in Pharr, Texas. The Coalition was established to empower Hidalgo County to affect individual and social change through cooperation, sharing and coordination of resources focused on preventing and reducing the illegal and harmful use of tobacco products. The TPCC’s goals are to prevent tobacco use among young people, promote compliance and support adequate enforcement of federal, state, and local tobacco laws, increase cessation among young people and adults, eliminate exposure to secondhand smoke, reduce tobacco use among populations with the highest burden of tobacco-related health disparities, develop and maintain statewide capacity for comprehensive tobacco prevention and control.
If you would like more information about the monthly meetings or to RSVP, please contact Yolanda Guzman at 956-787-0004, ext. 19 or email yguzman@bhsst.org. Follow/Like the TPCC on Facebook (facebook.com/unidadtpcc) and Twitter/Instagram (@unidad_tpcc) for the most current news on Coalition events and activities, as well as local, state, national, and worldwide trends on tobacco enforcement and surveillance.
