Mayo Regional Hospital recognized for tobacco-free policies

    DOVER-FOXCROFT — Mayo Regional Hospital is one of 31 Maine hospitals to be recognized by the Maine Tobacco-Free Hospital Network for their efforts to create tobacco-free campuses and to promote tobacco-free lifestyles through the 2013 Gold Star Standards of Excellence program.

    Hospitals are recognized at the Gold, Silver and Bronze level based on how many of the 10 best practice policy and procedure standards they have met. Mayo moved up from the Silver level in 2012, and was one of 18 hospitals to receive the top, Gold-level award this year.
    The Tobacco-Free Hospital Network presented the awards on March 27 at the Maine Hospital Association in Augusta.