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Cigarette-sales guidance for health facilities, 1964

Also 1964 health-facility cigarette notice · Albert Heustis letter

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TypeEvent
Datecirca 1964-02
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
circa 1964-02
Kind
Announcement
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
healthcaregovernancecommunity

Summary

The February 1964 Beaver Beacon printed an excerpt from a letter received by Dr. Haynes from Albert Heustis about cigarette sales in health facilities. The letter urged institutions to prevent sales to minors and to discourage smoking by example and education.

Evidence and limits

This is a reproduced guidance letter, not evidence of a Beaver Island policy, enforcement action, or local sales record. The article does not infer adoption or implementation by the Medical Center.

Sources

  1. Prints an excerpt from a letter Dr. Haynes received from Albert Heustis recommending that health facilities stop cigarette sales to minors and discourage smoking; it does not state that Beaver Island adopted a policy or that a local enforcement action occurred, and supplies no event location.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1964-02_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held seven-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1964-02_Beaver-Beacon

Added 2 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Cigarette-sales guidance for health facilities, 1964”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-cigarette-sales-guidance-notice-1964/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 1964, “Notice.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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