Thursday, July 5, 1990 -- NO SMOKING AT COMMUNITY MEMORIAL -- Patrick B. Heise, Executive Director, has announced that as of July 1, 1990, Community Memorial Hospital, Staunton, is a smoke-free facility. The new policy applies to everyone except the in-patient population. As a healthcare provider, the hospital could no longer ignore the harm smoking causes to the public and the hospital employees.

A smoking cessation class was held in the spring for interested employees, their spouses and hospital auxiliary members. A smoking cessation class will be held in the fall/winter for the general publ...