Local Girl Scout leads anti-smoking campaign

  • Anna Head looks of the flags noting tobacco waste in a single area. She is leading a program to help keep tobacco waste from the parks in the community.
    Anna Head looks of the flags noting tobacco waste in a single area. She is leading a program to help keep tobacco waste from the parks in the community.
  • With a sign to resist smoking Anna Head has received help in getting her Girl Scout project underway. Working with her is Toni Spieth, Girl Scout leader Mavis Bowin, City Administrator Daniela Rivas, and Christina Holmes. They were all at Eddington Park picking up tobacco waste.
    With a sign to resist smoking Anna Head has received help in getting her Girl Scout project underway. Working with her is Toni Spieth, Girl Scout leader Mavis Bowin, City Administrator Daniela Rivas, and Christina Holmes. They were all at Eddington Park picking up tobacco waste.
    If you think smoking is part of a bygone, “Mad Men” era, think again. Young people, in particular, are still very much at risk. Every day in the United States more than 2,600 youth under age 18 smoke their first cigarette, and nearly 600 youth under age 18 become daily smokers. Tobacco doesn’t just negatively impact the health of individuals, it also endangers the health of the ...

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