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November 23, 2021 12:53pm
A welcome development in @GovCanHealth communication - moving from anodyne "talk with your teen" to actual risk information . https://t.co/X7Y5ZX4syQ
A welcome development in @GovCanHealth communication - moving from anodyne "talk with your teen" to actual risk information . https://t.co/X7Y5ZX4syQ
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#Nicotine can alter teen brain development. #Vaping exposes you to harmful chemicals and can lead to addiction. Risks of vaping: https://t.co/7WZiQ50ZWx https://t.co/GZdKiRH94z
#Nicotine can alter teen brain development. #Vaping exposes you to harmful chemicals and can lead to addiction. Risks of vaping: https://t.co/7WZiQ50ZWx https://t.co/GZdKiRH94z
November 22, 2021 4:41pm
UK gov't wants to address plastic waste from tobacco filters. https://t.co/taFZdsDQyC
Canada should move forward .. filters are bad for the environment, bad for public health and good for Big Tobacco. What are you doing @environmentca, @GovCanHealth, @jyduclos, @s_guilbeault?
UK gov't wants to address plastic waste from tobacco filters. https://t.co/taFZdsDQyC
Canada should move forward .. filters are bad for the environment, bad for public health and good for Big Tobacco. What are you doing @environmentca, @GovCanHealth, @jyduclos, @s_guilbeault?
November 17, 2021 5:31pm
Excellent interview with Australian radio and @CoralGartner about the importance of removing tobacco from regular stores.
https://t.co/X2DZodioHs
Excellent interview with Australian radio and @CoralGartner about the importance of removing tobacco from regular stores.
https://t.co/X2DZodioHs
November 16, 2021 12:17pm
JUUL going 21 in Canada. What's wrong with this picture?
Age 21: a very good idea.
Age 21 as non-enforceable voluntary initiative: not so effective.
Age 21 as PR gimmick: a dangerous development.
Age 21 as gift to industry PR through gov't neglect: a public health failure. https://t.co/5ckYhAAWHE
JUUL going 21 in Canada. What's wrong with this picture?
Age 21: a very good idea.
Age 21 as non-enforceable voluntary initiative: not so effective.
Age 21 as PR gimmick: a dangerous development.
Age 21 as gift to industry PR through gov't neglect: a public health failure. https://t.co/5ckYhAAWHE
November 16, 2021 10:18am
Tobacco industry products kill 18% of Canadians. Yet there is still no plan to end commercial tobacco sales.
We need @jyduclos and @Carolyn_Bennett to set a new course to address this long-running public harm.
This week we sent them our rec's:
https://t.co/mB5cwmivzy https://t.co/vMqgw73M0t
Tobacco industry products kill 18% of Canadians. Yet there is still no plan to end commercial tobacco sales.
We need @jyduclos and @Carolyn_Bennett to set a new course to address this long-running public harm.
This week we sent them our rec's:
https://t.co/mB5cwmivzy https://t.co/vMqgw73M0t
November 15, 2021 11:20am
Excellent analysis from Australia on why and how to phase out retail sale of cigarettes -- the arguments apply in Canada too!
Thank you, @CoralGartner and colleagues!
https://t.co/t8JIAnk5XH
Excellent analysis from Australia on why and how to phase out retail sale of cigarettes -- the arguments apply in Canada too!
Thank you, @CoralGartner and colleagues!
https://t.co/t8JIAnk5XH
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