One year later: Weedless Wednesday Advice from the Chief Medical Officers of Health
Last year, about 6 weeks before Canada and the world became gripped with the COVID-19 pandemic, Canada's Council of Chief Medical Officers of Health [...]
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University of New Brunswick campuses going smoke-free in Fall 2022 GalleryUniversity of New Brunswick campuses going smoke-free in Fall 2022
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University of New Brunswick campuses going smoke-free in Fall 2022
The largest university in New Brunswick has announced that its campuses will go smoke-free starting in the fall of 2022. Learn More [...]
INVITATION TO SUBMIT YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS TO BE FEATURED IN THE NBATC 2020 PROGRESS REPORT
The New Brunswick Anti-Tobacco Coalition (NBATC) publishes a yearly progress report to highlight work done in line with the objectives of New Brunswick’s Tobacco-Free Living [...]
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WHO launches year-long campaign to help 100 million people quit tobacco GalleryWHO launches year-long campaign to help 100 million people quit tobacco
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WHO launches year-long campaign to help 100 million people quit tobacco
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to millions of tobacco users saying they want to quit. The campaign will support at least 100 million people [...]
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Indigenous Populations and New Brunswick’s Tobacco-Free Living Strategy GalleryIndigenous Populations and New Brunswick’s Tobacco-Free Living Strategy
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Indigenous Populations and New Brunswick’s Tobacco-Free Living Strategy
The prevalence of smoking among Indigenous peoples is approximately 2 to 5 times higher than among non-Indigenous Canadians1. In New Brunswick, almost twice as many Indigenous youth [...]
How the pandemic got people smoking again
The pandemic has encouraged us to pick up some pretty bad habits: bingeing (of television, food, and alcohol varieties), ghosting, doomscrolling, impulse shopping — but one that seems particularly counterintuitive is [...]
National Non-Smoking Week is January 17-23, 2021
National Non-Smoking Week will be taking place January 17-23, 2021.
Ottawa Conference, State of the Art Clinical Approaches to Smoking Cessation, Jan. 21-22, 2021, Registration and Call for Abstracts Now Open
Here is information regarding the 13th Annual Ottawa Conference, State of the Art Clinical Approaches to Smoking Cessation, to be held virtually Jan. 21-22, 2021. [...]
Health Canada advisory – Unauthorized nicotine buccal pouches may pose serious health risks
Summary Products: Nicotine buccal pouches (placed between the gum and cheek), also known as tobacco-less nicotine pouches and oral nicotine pouches. Issue: Nicotine buccal pouches are [...]
New longitudinal studies find little support for e-cigarettes as an effective tool for population-level smoking cessation
So far, the Canadian evidence, like that in the USA, does not support the conclusion that vaping is an effective population-based smoking cessation method. [...]