The Maryland Dept. of Health and Mental Hygiene, through its Center for Tobacco Prevention and Control, released an RFP in March for the new assignment, aimed to highlight the negative impact of second-hand smoke, cigarette butts and and other tobacco products through smoking and the leaching of toxins into the ecosysstem from litter.Budget is capped at $98K for eight and a half months.
The campaign will try to reach the general public -- adults, youth, smokers and non-smokers. While the primary focus is to highlight the detrimental effects of tobacco waste, use prevention and cessation are a secondary element.
Baltimore-based Pinacle, led by Tracey Haldeman, has produced campaigns for the MDHMH in the past, including its "Cigar Trap" push to educate parents about the use of flavored cigars. It has also worked for the Baltimore Zoo and Planned Parenthood of Maryland, among others.
Maggie Moran, who is well-connected in New Jersey and New York Democratic politics, has established Moxie Strategies in Asbury Park, NJ.
Husch Blackwell Strategies has added FleishmanHillard alum Michael Slatin as a principal in its public affairs group.
Rory Cooper, a veteran Republican operative and policy specialist, has joined Teneo’s Washington office as senior managing director in its strategy & communications practice.
Brian Fallon, who served as national press secretary for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential run, is signing on next month as Vice President’s Kamala Harris’ campaign communications director.
TikTok is nothing more than a Chinese propaganda tool that poses “a grave threat to America’s national security and, in particular, impressionable children and young adults,” say two Congressmen who want the platform registered as a foreign agent.
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