From the Harford County Health Department: Thursday, November 19th is the date of the American Cancer Society’s Great American Smokeout, a day annually designated to encourage all smokers to quit for at least 24 hours, or to make a plan to quit. The GAS also attempts to draw national public awareness of and personal attention […]
Six Harford County Tobacco Retailers Cited for Illegal Sales to Minors
From the Harford County Health Department: As a result of recent compliance checks coordinated by the Harford County Health Department (HCHD) in collaboration with the Harford County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO), six Harford County tobacco retailers were cited for selling tobacco products to youth under the age of eighteen. Referencing recent news releases from the Maryland […]
Thousands of Harford County 5th Graders Pledge Never to Try Tobacco; Sign National Kick Butts Day Banner
From the Harford County Health Department: While visiting schools in Harford County and educating students about the negative impact of using tobacco, I am proud to announce that thousands of 5th grade students across Harford County have pledged never to try tobacco by signing their names on banners that will be exhibited on National Kick […]
Few Address Proposed Ban of Tobacco on County Property; Additional Public Comment Sought
From Harford County Government: (Bel Air, MD) – The Harford County Department of Administration held a public hearing on the County’s proposed rule and regulation requiring County property to be tobacco-free. The hearing was held Monday, December 5, 2011 at the Harford County Government Administration Building in Bel Air. Less than 10 individuals took the […]
Harford County Government Considers Proposal Requiring All County Property to be Tobacco-Free; Public Hearing Dec. 5
From Harford County government: The Harford County Department of Administration will conduct a public hearing on the County’s proposed rule and regulation requiring County property to be tobacco-free. The hearing will be held on December 5, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. in the Second Floor Conference Room, Harford County Government Administration Building, 220 South Main Street, […]
Up in Smoke: A Cigarette-Lover Supports the Maryland Smoking Ban
We’re taught early in our school years that tobacco was first discovered upon European’s adventures to North American Indian territory. Cheek and jowl with its addictive quality, tobacco use quickly went ‘Internationale,’ pretentiously inhaled among the upper classes. It wasn’t until the late 18th century that smoking was perceived as vulgar by, “the arbiter of […]
