Smoking cessation programs in Canada
- Smoking cessation programs in Canada
There are numerous public and private smoking cessation programs in Canada. The Government of Canada legislated the mandatory display of warning messages on all cigarette packaging, including images depicting the long-term consequences of smoking, and has also banned tobacco advertising. A loophole which allowed the display of a sponsor's logo at cultural events (for example, the Symphony of Fire fireworks display, once known as the "Benson & Hedges Symphony of Fire") was closed in the late 1990s.
"Stupid"
The Government of Ontario sponsors a program named "Stupid", with an accompanying website "stupid.ca", that seeks to educate adolescents about the danger of smoking. Through television, movie, print, and internet advertising, it informs people that they are much more likely to die from smoking than from certain obviously "stupid" activities, such as standing on a cliff during a lightning storm.
The blue ribbon campaign was started in 1999 by the students at Hugh Boyd Secondary School in British Columbia and has been national now in Canada.
External links
* [http://www.stupid.ca/ Stupid.ca website]
* [http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hl-vs/tobac-tabac/second/do-faire/ribbon-ruban/index_e.html Health Canada's Web Site "Wear a Blue Ribbon" for prevention of secondhand smoke]
* [http://www.ohhn.ca/SmokingPages/smokingNationalNonSmokingWeek.asp Blue Ribbon in Oxford Heart Health Network]
* [http://www.capitalhealth.ca/NewsAndEvents/Features/2006/TobaccoReduction.htm Blue Ribbon Contest in Capital Health]
* [http://ilcabr.fc2web.com/index-e.html I Love Clean Air Blue Ribbon in Japan -Blue Ribbon movement adopted from Canada]
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