CNW, Feb 11, 2003
OMA calls for complete smoking ban in work and public places
The report entitled, The Duty to Protect: Eliminating
Second-Hand Smoke from Public Places and Workplaces in Ontario, proposes three
immediate actions the provincial government can take to eliminate exposure to
second-hand tobacco smoke in all provincial work and public places.
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The Advocacy Campaign for SMOKE-FREE Ottawa
This report provides a summary of activities supporting the
implementation of Ottawa’s Smoking Bylaw. It describes the process of
the successful advocacy campaign fought by the Ottawa Council on
Smoking and Health for a bylaw banning smoking in public places and
workplaces.
This resource was developed in September 2002.
Download the Advocacy Campaign for SMOKE-FREE Ottawa report 
CP, June 20
Panel Says Second-hand Smoke Causes Cancer
An international scientific panel has concluded that second-hand smoke
causes cancer, a finding that should end one of the more
stubborn controversies in cancer research. Twenty-nine experts convened
by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, an agency of the World
Health Organization, also concluded smoking causes several types of
cancers for which it had not previously been blamed.
The panel, including
experts from 12 countries, reviewed all significant published evidence
related to tobacco smoking and cancer, and its conclusion on the effects
of second-hand smoke was unanimous. The panel found that smoking can
cause cancer of the stomach, liver, uterine cervix (renal cell
carcinoma) and the myeloid leukemia. Those cancers have not previously been
definitively linked with smoking.
See the following link for further information:
http://www.iarc.fr/pageroot/PRELEASES/pr141a.html
Impact of anti-tobacco campaign on health care costs in Canada
The Canadian Council for Tobacco Control has submitted a report to the
Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada. The report entitled:
Impact of an Anti-Tobacco Campaign on Direct Health Care Costs in Canada
was prepared by Analysis Group/Economics. Of particular interest to the
Commission, the study accounts for tobacco-related direct health care
costs such as hospitals, physicians and research for the following tobacco
and heart related illnesses: lung cancer, cancer of the mouth, and
cerebrovascular and chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases. Click to download the full report here
Behind the Scenes:
How the tobacco companies tried to use "ventilation"
solutions to block restrictions on smoking.
Tobacco Industry Documents Show:
- The Big Three developed ‘Ventilation’ solution to block smoking bans.
- The Big Three hired ‘consultants’ to mobilize support against smoking bans.
- The Big Three worked together to develop cross- Canada strategies to block
smoking bans.
- The Big Three spent millions fighting proposals to protect Canadians from
second-hand smoke.
Click to download the full report here
The Economic Impact of Smoke-free Workplaces: An Assessment for Nova Scotia
(MS Word document)
This excellent study, conducted by GPI Atlantic for the Nova Scotia Department of Health,
explores the relationship between loss
of business and smoke-free legislation.
PDF DOCUMENTS:
Average price of a carton of 200 cigarettes - Provinces and U.S. border states, April 5, 2002
Smoke-Free
Ottawa Postcard
Economic
Impact
Health
Effects
Ventilation
Call
It Quits 
Mouth
Cancer
Quiz
Second
Hand Smoke
Tobacco
Report Card 2000
Tobacco
Report Card 1999
