Rally for smoke-free Kansas
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- Categories: Health
- Event posted: Feb. 8, 2010
- Last updated: Feb. 8, 2010
Event details
- Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010, 10 a.m.
- Kansas Association for Justice, 719 SW Van Buren, Topeka, KS
- Cost: Free
- Age limit: Not available
More than 100 The American Cancer Society advocates are expected to gather Wednesday in Topeka to support a smoke-free Kansas. There will be a press conference at 10 a.m. at the Kansas Association for Justice, 719 S.W. Van Buren. Speakers include: First Lady Stacy Parkinson, Rep. Charlie Roth, R-Salina, Dick Morrissey, deputy director of health for Kansas Department of Health & Environment, Rep. Tom Burroughs, D-Kansas City. After the conference, the advocates will march to the Capitol for a rally, and then go inside to meet with legislators. To symbolize the lives lost in Kansas to secondhand smoke this year, 380 pairs of empty shoes will be displayed on the Capitol’s east steps.
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