Seven tips for a smoke-free holiday season
December is a busy month with lots of celebrations that bring people together. However, for those who have recently quit smoking or vaping, these festivities can be difficult. Being around friends,...
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National Non-Smoking Week: Start Your Quit Journey
National Non-Smoking Week is now under way and continues until Saturday, January 22, 2022. This week aims to provide education to help prevent youth and young adults from starting to use tobacco produ...
Are you ready to quit? Tips for success in 2022
With the holiday season upon us, many people are making plans to improve their health during the coming year. If you’re one of them, why not consider a New Year’s resolution to quit commercial tob...
World No Tobacco Day is May 31
This year, the goal of World No Tobacco Day is to protect youth from industry manipulation and prevent them from using tobacco, vapour, and nicotine. As a nurse, I’ve seen first-hand the devastat...
Vaping: The dangers of youth's new nicotine addiction
Vaping among youth is a real health concern. There's been an increase in young people experimenting with vaping and becoming addicted. Youth may want to try vaping to fit in with their peers, to try o...
Weedless Wednesday: Will you butt or doob out for 24 hours?
Today is Weedless Wednesday, a day where the Canadian Council for Tobacco Control encourages smokers (tobacco and cannabis) to butt or doob out for 24 hours. Weedless Wednesday is part of National ...
Vaping: Not as harmless as you might think
It’s true that with vaping, you’re not breathing in tar and other components of smoke the way you would with a cigarette, but research shows it’s still risky for your health: you’re inhaling p...
