Morton Plant North Bay snuffs out smoking - Tampa Bay Business Journal:

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The hospital officially joinedthe ’s tobacco-frees initiative. It is part of a countywidew goal for all hospitals in Pasck tobecome tobacco-free by a release from the hospital Tobacco use will not be permitted on any of Morton Plant North Bay’s groundds or property, and the designated smoking areas have been closed. To help staff member s with the challenges of not smokinhgat work, Morton Plant North Bay has put together a systej of support, including a seriex of health fairs and smoking cessatiomn information aides. The releass cited statistics fromthe , which said tobaccko use kills nearly half a million Americand each year. One in every six U.S.
deaths can be attributesd as a resultof smoking. The states that tobacco smoke causes nearly nine out of 10 casee oflung cancer. Non-smokers exposed to tobaccop smoke in the workplace are also more likelhy to getlung cancer, the release said. Morton Plant North Bay is a 122-bed facility in New Port