Celebrate a Tobacco-Free Providence on Thursday, March 29 at 5PM

Join Mayor Angel Taveras, City Council President Michael Solomon, City Council Majority Leader Seth Yurdin, Rhode Island Department of Health Director Dr. Michael Fine, Meeting Street School President and CEO John Kelly, Jeleny De Leon of Young Voices, and many others as our community comes together to celebrate the work of the Tobacco-Free Providence Campaign.

Tobacco-Free Providence is an initiative to make our city a healthier, safer, and stronger community free from tobacco use. By educating and engaging community members, the campaign has successfully helped to make environmental changes aimed at reducing youth access to tobacco, strengthened tobacco-free living and learning environments, and supported tobacco users who want to quit.

Tobacco-Free Providence has continued to grow in strength, impact and engagement of the community since its launch in 2010. Earlier this year, the City Council passed and Mayor Taveras signed groundbreaking ordinances that help to reduce youth access to tobacco in Providence.

The Tobacco-Free Providence celebration will take place on Thursday, March 29 from 5 to 6:30PM, in the cafeteria of the Meeting Street School, 1000 Eddy Street in Providence. Come hear more about the successful Tobacco-Free Providence campaign and the next steps we can take together to build on that success.

If you have any questions, please contact Alexandra Batista via e-mail at abatista@providenceri.com, or by telephone at 401.421.7740 x733.

Come celebrate a Tobacco-Free Providence! Together, we envision a city free from the harmful effects of tobacco.