Smoke-free Cars with Children Present
The Non-Smokers’ Rights Association supports the implementation of laws to ban smoking in private vehicles when children are present.
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Smoking Rooms Eliminated in Workplaces Under Federal Jurisdiction
On November 14, 2007, the Honourable Jean-Pierre Blackburn, Minister of Labour, confirmed amendments to the Non-smokers’ Health Regulations which effectively ban smoking from most workplaces under federal control. Prior to the amendments, smoking was permitted in designated smoking rooms in a variety of federally-regulated workplaces, including the federal public service, the federal private sector, the House of...
Appearing Soon in a Place Near You: Health Impacts of Comprehensive Smoke-Free Legislation
This document provides an up-to-date (Oct. 2006) overview of health benefits observed following implementation of recent country-wide comprehensive smoking bans, which extend to bars and restaurants, including those in Ireland, Norway and Sweden.
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Second-hand Smoke in Homes and Cars
Second-hand smoke (SHS) refers to the mixture of smoke emanating from the lit end of a cigarette and the smoke exhaled by a smoker. The toxic mixture contains more than 4,000 substances in gaseous and particle form, and is a major source of indoor air pollution. Two-thirds of the smoke emanating from a burning...
NSRA calls on Parliament to protect federally regulated workers from second-hand smoke
To mark World No Tobacco Day, the Non-Smokers’ Rights Association along with other members of the Canadian Coalition for Action on Tobacco (CCAT), published a full-page ad in The Hill Times calling on Parliamentarians to protect federally regulated workers from second-hand smoke. The current legislation, the Non-smokers’ Health Act, when passed in 1988, was...
The Non-Smokers’ Health Act: A discussion document
The federal Non-Smokers’ Health Act came into force in 1989 to protect non-smokers from second-hand smoke in the workplace. It is now largely out-of-date. This document details options for bringing it into line with current science on second-hand smoke.
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The Economic Impact of Going 100% Smoke-Free
This prediction of doom and gloom is just that: a prediction, and an inaccurate one at that. To date, no high quality, peer-reviewed study has found a long-term negative impact on business due to smoke-free ordinances (by-laws).
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A closer look at arguments in favour of ventilation
The following quotations have been taken directly from the Fair Air Association of Canada (FAAC) and the Pub and Bar Coalition of Canada (PUBCO) websites. Upon close inspection we found their logic on second-hand smoke and ventilation to be hazy and hazardous to our health.
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Tobacco Industry Front Groups
Since Big Tobacco is generally perceived as being untrustworthy in the public’s eye, tobacco companies will often employ more credible third parties to promote their viewpoints and further their agendas. This can be done either by tricking existing organizations into becoming industry mouthpieces, or creating new organizations to do their dirty work.
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Junk Science
For a fact sheet on Second-hand Smoke and “Junk Science”: click here
Big Tobacco has known for years that SHS is toxic and dangerous to people’s health. One way for the tobacco industry to fight back is to deny and/or point the blame elsewhere. Two particular strategies have been used together quite effectively: fabricate counter-evidence to...