Mission: To protect the residents of Wichita/Sedgwick County from the adverse effects of tobacco.
Commissioner Howell recently declared that he supports the use of electronic cigarettes for smoking cessation in County buildings based on antiquated research. Do you want to be exposed to these chemicals when you renew your car tags, pay your property taxes, or attend a wedding at the courthouse?
Read moreThe Truth Campaign has been credited with lowering the teen smoking rate from 23% just 15 years ago, to just 8% today. Its ever-evolving ads, such as those where body bags were piled outside a tobacco company’s headquarters and a smoking-scarred cowboy serenaded onlookers with an electrolarynx-assisted voice, grabbed people’s attention like no other anti-tobacco PSAs ever had. The Legacy Foundation’s Truth
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