The Middlesex County Substance Abuse Action Council is teaming up with a production company to shoot a video intended to discourage teens from smoking.
Filming on the video begins Saturday at Agogliatti Field in Portland at 9 a.m.
Portions of the video will also be shot at the Typhoon Restaurant on Main Street in downtown Middletown and at a private home in Middletown, as well as in Portland. Ream more »
A coalition targeting Alberta’s smoking laws will be hitting Grande Prairie Thursday at the PC Candidates’ forum.
The campaign for a Smoke-Free Alberta is launching a Vote for Health initiative set on targeting the leadership candidates of Alberta’s Conservative and Liberal parties to gain support for steps toward preventing tobacco use amongst the province’s youth.
Les Hagen, executive director for the Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) says that the province’s projected targets on reducing smoking amongst teens between the ages of 12 and 19 to 10% were not met since their first anti-smoking initiative in 2006. Ream more »
There has been an overwhelming response — from readers who wish to quit smoking — to Gulf News’ community service campaign Stub It!
The readers represent a wide spectrum of people and come from different backgrounds. However, they have one thing in common — they have tried to give up smoking on their own and have failed.
One reader named Fahd Saghir sent this impassioned plea for help: “There is a cardiac problem in our family, and [I] know it very well but still continue to do so [smoke]. Ream more »
Ken Ulman, take note. You’ve made three future voters happy with the latest anti-smoking regulation in Howard County.
Actually, two future voters. Our 11 year-old was worried when I told him about the ban on smoking in county parks. “Does this mean Dad won’t take us to the park anymore?”
Yes, my husband and I smoke. I’m not proud of it, but it’s a fact.
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A local coalition of carcinogen-hating activists launched a new campaign Tuesday targeting high smoking rates among youth in the province.
“The bottom line is youth smoking rates are disturbingly high,” said Les Hagen, executive director of Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), one of the organizations working on the campaign. “Though we have reduced tobacco use rates in the general population, a problem remains among our youth.” Ream more »
A new study into the anti-smoking drug Champix has renewed concerns about the drug, showing it is associated with an increased risk of heart attack and stroke.
An international study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal found that people who used it had a 72 per cent higher chance of serious cardiac problems.
About 1.5 million packets of Champix have been dispensed in Australia since its introduction in 2007.
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When China issued its first national ban on public smoking last month, health advocates cheered but didn’t hold their breath. Like many anti-smoking regulations in China, this one seemed hollow, and for good reason.
A month later, the ban has had little, if any, effect. Smoking remains rampant in spaces where it has been prohibited, such as restaurants, schools and hospitals.
The main reason so few take China’s campaign against cigarettes seriously: The very government promising to crack down on tobacco use is the owner and chief beneficiary of the $93 billion industry. Ream more »
Hey kids, want some cigarettes?
How about a pack of Round Ups, featuring a photo of a Marlboro Man-like cowboy on a horse? Or maybe you’d prefer a pack of Lucky Lights. Lucky Lights, as in Lucky Strike cigarettes – just in case you didn’t get the connection between these candy smokes and the kind you’ll get to smoke when you grow up a little.
In the meantime, the candy cigarettes are good practice.
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The Department of Health conferred the “Red Orchid” award on this city for its effective implementation of anti-smoking ordinances.
Mayor Jose Enrique Garcia III thanked the City Health Office for leading the campaign as well as the Sangguniang Panlungsod for creating two ordinances prohibiting smoking in public. The first ordinance passed in 2008 sought the regulation of smoking in public places and public utility vehicles. The second, approved last year, prohibited the sale and distribution of tobacco products within 100 meters from areas frequented by minors. Ream more »
IT WAS a long time coming – too long – but the federal Coalition is to be congratulated for declaring its support for the introduction of plain packaging of cigarettes in Australia. It appeared that the government would have been able to pass its legislation anyway, with the backing of the cross-benchers and some Liberal MPs who had vowed to follow their consciences and cross the floor of Parliament if their party had resolved to vote against the bill. Ream more »