Tobacco Info No.
8, January 2012
See this issue
in PDF: mag8.pdf
(16 pages, 1.5 Mo)
SUMMARY
7th National Conference on Tobacco or Health held in Toronto last
November
Federal Tobacco Control Strategy renewal
first priority
(p1-3);
Reforming the retail landscape
Reducing the availability of
tobacco (p4-5)
Smoking prevalence stalled in 2010
(p6)
CTUMS reveals the same general trend as CCHS, but
sheds more light
After a 12-year decline, growth for the second year in
a row
Number of taxed cigarettes sold in Canada surged by 10.6% in 2010
(p7)
Sales volume grew by 14.8% over two
years
United Nations
acknowledges pandemic of non-communicable diseases
(p8-11)
Tobacco use one of four
major risk factors
Nova Scotia’s chief public health officer
Dr. Robert Strang honoured by the Non-Smokers’
Rights Association
(p11)
Freedom of Information laws used to fight tobacco
legislation
Industry giants make requests to
obtain confidential government research
(p12-13)
Australia mandates plain
packaging for tobacco products
(p13)
Abstracts review by the Ontario
Tobacco Research Unit
(p14)
Briefs
(p15-16)
Alberta
dumps tobacco stocks
BC
helps smokers quit
All
provinces against Big Tobacco
Ottawa Conference
US
warnings on hold
Non-Smoking Week
New pics on packs
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