The CBC posted an article today asking the question: Should smoking cessation drugs be offered by all provincial governements? of it’s readers. Sparking the debate on this question was the announcement today that the B.C. government has reached 100,000 orders for smoking cessation products  in the first 6 months since starting the Smoking Cessation Program. [...]

A new study in Ontario has shown that five unhealthy lifestyle choices; smoking, alcohol, poor diet, lack of physical exercise and stress, can account for up to 60 per cent of all deaths. Those who were found to be in the healthiest category for all five risks were found to live, on average, seven years [...]

The U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention has announced that they are starting a $54 million telelvision, radio, and print campaign aimed at showing smokers the darker side of addiction. In the ads, smokers who have been hard-hit by the side effects of smoking, such as those with cancer and tracheotomies are featured. The [...]

A landmark tobacco case with up to $27 billion at stake has begun in a Montreal courtroom. Canada’s three largest tobacco companies are squaring off against a group of Quebec smokers. The smokers are claiming in a class-action lawsuit they were duped for years by big tobacco companies — as they became addicted to cigarettes [...]

The Canadian Public Health Agency (CPHA) has recently released a position paper on tobacco use in Canada and what governments and policy makers can do to help protect the health of Canadians.  The full report can be found online at http://www.cpha.ca/uploads/positions/position-paper-tobacco_e.pdf . An excerpt from the executive summary: For more than five decades, the Canadian [...]

“…Electronic cigarettes, also known as e-cigarettes and electronic nicotine delivery devices, are becoming a popular alternative to cigarette smoking.”