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News Archives
November 2007
Amendments to the Non-smokers Health Regulations banning smoking rooms in federally-regulated workplaces that came into effect on Wednesday, November 14th.
The Howard Johnson chain of hotels have recently announced they will be providing a 100% smoke-free guest experience in all their Canadian locations starting September 1, 2007.
Smoke-free transit makes for cleaner air, a healthier environment and happier riders
March 2007
February 2007
http://www.oma.org/Media/news/pr070131.asp
http://www.oma.org/Health/tobacco/smoke2004.pdf
January 4, 2007
The days of smokers being able to light up in the privacy of their apartment or condo could be numbered.
October, 2006
Clean air, healthy lifestyle choices, Grouse Grind scrambling and environmentalism are all part of the marketing plan for a new, 50-unit condo development on the North Shore.
Jim Watson, Ontario's minister of health promotion, presents the Heather Crowe Award to Marriott
International for making all of its hotels 100 per cent smoke-free.
June, 2006
The Senate of Canada unanimously endorsed a motion on June 7, 2006 to ban smoking areas in enclosed workplaces under federal jurisdiction.
June 7, 2006
Ottawa International Airport Set to go Smoke-Free
The Ottawa International Airport Authority today announced that in keeping with the Province Of Ontario’s Smoke-Free Ontario Act, it would become a smoke free facility
May 23, 2006
The Ottawa Council on Smoking and Health is greatly saddened to learn that Heather Crowe, this great Canadian, has lost her fight to cancer.
We will continue, in her honour, to advocate for a smoke-free Canada.
January, 2006
Council on Smoking and Health Loses a Great Advocate
The Council regrets the loss a great advocate this past weekend, Katherine
Lytle died at age 89. She was very active with the Council until the age of
83. She was a founding member of the Council and worked tirelessly to create smoke-free spaces.
January, 2006
Building Capacity for a Tobacco-Free World
The World Conference on Tobacco and Health is being held in Washington from July 12th to the 15th. The conference will feature the latest research on the science of tobacco and its effects, and presenters will share relevant new data on topics including addiction, cessation, public policy, secondhand smoke, and smokeless tobacco.
(www.13thwctoh.org)
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