Update on our Political Action Plan

Throughout this experience our blog has definitely made an impact on our fellow classmates. All of the comments we received were in support of our blog and in support of the complete smoking ban in Virginia. We have also had a positive comment on our political action plan. One of the steps in our plan was to develop a support system starting with our fellow nursing community and outward to restaurant owners and others throughout Virginia. So far we have gotten the support from our nursing peers. The rest of our action plan involves bringing this attention to our local and state legislators throughout Virginia with each of us emailing letters out to numerous legislators locally and also to the governor. We have also received a few emails from some of the legislators we’ve contacted. Senator Houck said that he appreciated the blog and expressed that he will periodically review further comments on this subject. Governor Kaine and Congressman Perriello also appreciated our interest in this matter. Hopefully we can continue to gain support from our legislators and peers for a complete smoking ban in the state of Virginia.