Masks for Connecticut was out in Hartford handing out masks, over 50,000 of them to people of all professions. Deputy House Minority Leader Vin Candelora joined Gary on the air to explain why this is so important to Connecticut residents.
MARGARET HALE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF NUTMEG SENIOR RIDES, spoke to Brad and Paul about door to door rides for people over 50 who can’t or don’t drive.
Doctor J. Craig Allen, Hartford Healthcare addiction medicine doctor will talk about South Windsor joins towns in looking to change minimum age of tobacco purchases and states that More and more Connecticut towns are looking into making it illegal for teens to buy cigarettes and other nicotine products. Hartford Healthcare addiction medicine Doctor J. Craig Allen believes it's a positive trend. “One of the things raising the smoking age is it takes the cigarettes and it takes the nicotine products out of the hands of high school seniors,” said Allen. Hartford leaders recently raised the minimum age to buy nicotine products from 18 to 21. Now communities like Bloomfield, Wallingford, and East Hartford are exploring similar moves. He spoke to Brad and Paul about this
