Smoke Free

• Canada becomes 1st country to have individual cigarette warnings

  Individual king-size cigarettes will be the first to see individual warning labels, with regular-sized cigarettes to get the labelling come 2025.

  Canada

  Apr 30, 2024
  
• Sweden inches closer to being Europe’s 1st ‘smoke-free’ country, but there’s a catch

  Sweden, which has the lowest rate of smoking in the EU, is close to declaring itself “smoke-free” — defined as having fewer than five per cent daily smokers in the population.

  Health

  May 31, 2023
  
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• Lethbridge resident concerned about smoking in non-smoking apartment building

  Kettie Worne recently moved into a more expensive smoke-free apartment after leaving her former non-smoking residence because of second-hand smoke.

  Health

  Feb 4, 2021
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• University of New Brunswick campuses going smoke-free in Fall 2022

  'Over the next two years, our focus will be on awareness and cessation support for those who may need it.'

  Health

  Dec 9, 2020
• 3 conservation areas in London region to go smoke-free

  The only exceptions to the smoke-free rule will be registered and seasonal campsites as well as designated areas.

  Canada

  Jan 11, 2019
• Smoke-free alternative? Tobacco company opens flagship store in Edmonton

  A new tobacco retail outlet is set to open Friday in Edmonton, marketing "smoke-free," tobacco-heating products, amid concern from anti-smoking advocates.

  Canada

  Nov 22, 2018
• Fanshawe College goes smoke-free across all campuses on November 1

  In an email sent out to students and staff, Fanshawe president Peter Devlin said new legislation forced the college's hand to speed up the process. 

  Cannabis

  Oct 16, 2018
• Quebec post-secondary institutions crack down on cannabis

  Despite new provincial legislation that clearly forbids the consumption of cannabis on school grounds, many post-secondary institutions are taking extra measures.

  Canada

  Oct 12, 2018
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• St. Lawrence College to ban smoking of all kinds on campus

  By Oct. 15, tobacco and cannabis smokers and vapers will have to step off campus grounds to take a puff.

  Canada

  Oct 11, 2018
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• University of Manitoba hopes to ban on-campus smoking by next year, except at IGF

  The U of M is hoping to make their campuses smoke-free in the next year.

  Sep 14, 2018