smoking
Halifax’s anti-smoking revolution is all smoke and mirrors
The bold new law that won Halifax plaudits hasn’t cleaned up sidewalks still littered with butts. People puff where they please.
Inside the vaping crisis that has hooked—and killed—young people
Vapes were said to be a powerful tool in the global effort to get people off smoking, and maybe off nicotine, too. What went wrong?
The flip side of free choice? Responsibility.
Quebec’s landmark compensation for smokers shows us that we have maximum freedom—but blame others when our choices have consequences
Governments who want to ban smoking from films should butt out
Public health groups say censorship will stop teens from taking up smoking. But the proof isn’t in the puffing.
Boomers: Do as I say, not as I did
On Jan. 1, smoking will no longer be permitted on restaurant and bar patios in Ontario. Emma Teitel asks: why not ban porn and poutine, instead?
Campus cigarette bans aren’t the answer
Where smoking is outlawed it does more harm than good
Campus cigarette bans aren’t the answer
Where smoking is outlawed it does more harm than good
Ottawa’s misguided approach to e-cigarettes
Colby Cosh on why the government needs to take a deep breath
Good news … Bad news
Another way of looking at the week
Campus smoking bans are drifting too far
Puritan approach causes more problems than it solves
How the Conservatives are gutting tobacco control
And why it doesn’t makes sense–even financially
The quiet cuts
The Federal Tobacco Control Strategy is being cut, trade consulates will be closed, a coalition of organizations that deal with homelessness in Montreal won’t receive funding, neither will six groups studying women’s health, seafood inspection is being moved, regional development auditors are being eliminated, economists at Statistics Canada will have to compete for their jobs and StatsCan will start surveying less. David Pugliese wonders why Defence Research and Development Canada is being cut.