Massachusetts Hospital Association Unveils Smoke-Free Initiative for Hospitals

The Massachusetts Hospital Association and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health have joined together to create a tobacco-free hospital initiative for 2011, according to a Boston Globe report.

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The voluntary program would ban all tobacco products from hospital campuses in the state.

The program is intended to reinforce the state’s anti-smoking messaging.

In November, MHA announced it would not hire smokers as employees.

Read the Boston Globe report on smoke-free hospitals.

Read previous coverage on smoke-free hospitals:

Hospitals Send Message to Smokers: Apply Elsewhere

Summa Health Systems in Ohio Won’t Hire Any More Smokers

Hospital’s Ban on Hiring Smokers Raises Questions of Discrimination

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