Tobacco Info No. 5, April 2011 See this issue in PDF: No. 5, April 2011. (16 pages, 1.5 Mo) SUMMARY Study shows young smokers prefer brand name cigarettes (p1-3); More tax-paid cigarettes are sold as contraband is contained (p3-4); Both active and passive smoking cause breast cancer (p4-5); Where there’s smokeless, there’s fire Snuff tobacco not a safe substitute for smoking says American Heart Association (p6-7); Health Canada unveils all proposed health warnings (p8-9); (Garfield Mahood's complete critic of the health warnings) Tobacco Use in Canada: Patterns and Trends, 2011 Edition A striking and detailed portrait of an addiction (p10); Tobacco companies may be targeting young people on YouTube (p11-12); BC government should subsidize smoking cessation therapies (p12-13); Research update by the Ontario Tobacco Research Unit (p14-15); Briefs (p15-16) Supreme Court hears appeals Health care cost recovery lawsuits 15th World Conference No smoking in Chinese movies No smoking in Central Park World No Tobacco Day 2011. MORE INFORMATION ABOUT TOPICS IN THIS ISSUE www.tobaccoinfo.ca/links5.htm (External links) Homepage

Tobacco Info No. 5, April 2011

See this issue in PDF: No. 5, April 2011. (16 pages, 1.5 Mo)

SUMMARY

Study shows young smokers prefer brand name cigarettes (p1-3);

More tax-paid cigarettes are sold as contraband is contained (p3-4);

Both active and passive smoking cause breast cancer (p4-5);

Where there’s smokeless, there’s fire

Snuff tobacco not a safe substitute for smoking says American Heart Association (p6-7);

Health Canada unveils all proposed health warnings (p8-9);

(Garfield Mahood's complete critic of the health warnings)

Tobacco Use in Canada: Patterns and Trends, 2011 Edition

A striking and detailed portrait of an addiction (p10);

Tobacco companies may be targeting young people on YouTube (p11-12);

BC government should subsidize smoking cessation therapies (p12-13);

Research update by the Ontario Tobacco Research Unit (p14-15);

Briefs (p15-16)

Supreme Court hears appeals

Health care cost recovery lawsuits

15th World Conference

No smoking in Chinese movies

No smoking in Central Park

World No Tobacco Day 2011.

MORE INFORMATION ABOUT TOPICS IN THIS ISSUE
www.tobaccoinfo.ca/links5.htm
(External links)

Homepage