Posted on 11:03 pm, Friday, January 11, 2013. Tags: award of community excellence, coalition for tabacco free hawaii, jay kreuzer, kona community hospital
MEDIA RELREASE Kona Community and Kohala Hospitals has received the Award of Community Excellence from The Coalition for a Tobacco-Free Hawaii in recognition of its recently adopted smoke and tobacco-free campus policies. Both campuses, which comprise the West Hawaii Region of Hawaii Health Systems Corporation, became smoke and tobacco-free effective Jan. 1, 2013. Brenda Larson, […]
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Posted on 9:39 pm, Thursday, March 8, 2012. Tags: coalition for tabacco free hawaii, deborah zysman
MEDIA RELEASE The Surgeon General of the United States has declared smoking among the nation’s youth has reached an epidemic. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin, M.D. released the first report in 18 years on youth and tobacco, which shows 3,800 young people start smoking every day and 9 of 10 adult smokers started before they were […]
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