CROC’S Initiates Clean Indoor Air Week

Please see the attached press release from our YCAT member Laura Wood Habr at Croc's. Croc's has declared next week as Clean Indoor Air Week and will donate part of their proceeds to YCAT and Clean Indoor Air initiatives. It's a great way to support the tobacco free issues we all have been advocating for and have a great dining experience as well.

Remember, we have many restaurants in Virginia Beach who have voluntarily gone smoke free. If you need any smoke free guides, please let me know and I will get them to you. Since it's publication there have been other restaurants who have also gone smoke free. See the complete list at http://www.vahealth.org/cdpc/TUCP/smoke-free/.

Green City Virginia Beach

Join me in congratulating our coalition members Laura Wood Habr at Croc's 19th Street Bistro and Matt Falvey at Hot Tuna in their success in having Virginia Beach designated the first Green City in Virginia Beach. Check out the restaurants and support our smoke free, green establishments. For more details go to:

http://www.virginia.org/site/features.asp?FeatureID=486

Updates on Local Smoke Free Policies in the News

Chesapeake leaders may seek wider smoking ban
http://content.hamptonroads.com/story.cfm?story=137740&ran=50192

Chesapeake latest local city to consider smoking ban
http://content.hamptonroads.com/story.cfm?story=136750&ran=32450

Virginia Beach, Norfolk team up for smoking ban
http://content.hamptonroads.com/story.cfm?story=135250&ran=130680

Portsmouth to weigh restaurant smoking ban
http://content.hamptonroads.com/story.cfm?story=137644&ran=102873

Portsmouth votes to request state's OK for smoking ban
http://content.hamptonroads.com/story.cfm?story=137744&ran=71832