Heather Crowe

Heather Crowe (April 23 1945, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia – May 22 2006, Ottawa, Ontario) was a former Canadian waitress who became the public face of Canada's anti-smoking campaign. She contracted lung cancer in 2002, allegedly from second-hand smoke encountered at her workplace of over forty years, and later appeared in numerous television public service announcements. [ [http://www.ottawasun.com/News/OttawaAndRegion/2006/05/23/1592759-sun.html ottawasun.com - Ottawa and Region - Canada's lost a 'hero' ] ] The last place she worked was the well-known Newport Restaurant in Ottawa.

She famously claimed to have "never smoked a day in her life". In 2002, she submitted a successful claim relating to second-hand smoke exposure in the workplace to the Ontario Workplace Safety & Insurance Board for lost earnings and health care benefits.

Thanks in large part to her lobbying, the province of Ontario passed a tough anti-smoking bill which came into effect four days after her 2006 death of lung cancer at the age of 61.

ee also

* Barb Tarbox

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* [http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=4544c556-1ce1-4c15-b457-f8c5a1ef27a6&k=11957 Article from Canada.com]
* [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060522/crowe_obit_060522/20060522?hub=Canada Obituary]
* [http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=16546d57-7857-4fbb-8586-77c9c6fb5e3a&k=73829 Ottawa Mourns; National Post]
* [http://www.smoke-free.ca/heathercrowe Heather Crowe Campaign (Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada)]