Jan 29
Cinny Kittle from West Virginia Hospital Association opens conference at Charleston Marriott Thursday morning.
Paul McIntyre from KIISS (Kids Involuntarily Inhaling Secondhand Smoke) discusses clean indoor air issues.
Jan 28
Tobacco control policy is in the forefront of the efforts to make West Virginia healthy place to live, work and play.
Communities throughout the state are taking a stand in support of clean indoor air and enacting comprehensive smoking regulation at the local level.
State policymakers, business leaders and elected officials are struggling with the overwhelming cost of health care and have come to understand the huge drain tobacco use is on our health care systems and economy.
Youth groups have gotten involved and scores of young people have organized to work together to protect their generation from the perils of tobacco addiction.
The goal of Clear the Air is to provide a forum to stay abreast of the changing landscape of tobacco control efforts in West Virginia from local regulations and ordinances to the impact of state and federal laws. The timing of our start, just before the 2009 Legislative Session, is not by accident. As the legislature meets this year there will be both opportunities and challenges for people wanting to reduce the burden of tobacco in our society. It is the hope of this site the information presented here will serve to get more people involved in that process, to speak out, and help build a healthier West Virginia.
Your comments are welcome; however abusive, threatening, profane or repetitive comments will not be published. Are we biased at this site - sure. We believe tobacco kills and measures which boldly address that fact need to be enacted. On this point we are unyielding, and the body of scientific knowledge agrees, so we will choose not to debate those who ignore this overwhelming fact.
Thank you for visiting Clear the Air, we hope you visit us again soon.
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