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Les Hagen MSM
@actiononsmoking
Executive Director of Action on Smoking & Health (ASH Canada); Adjunct Professor, University of Alberta School of Public Health and College of Health Sciences
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Breaking: Global disruptions have compromised the #FCTC tobacco control treaty and have contributed to 95 million additional tobacco users who would have otherwise quit by 2025. Read the new report on #SDG Target 3a endorsed by 57 NGOs. tinyurl.com/4jt6kzww #tobaccocontrol
ASH Canada joined allies in Ottawa today to urge Health Minister Marjorie Michel to ban flavoured vaping products within her first 100 days in office. #youthvaping #cdnmedia #cdnhealth #cdnparl newswire.ca/news-releases/…
www.newswire.ca Health Groups call on Federal Health Minister Marjorie Michel to ban vape flavours within her first... /CNW/ - Deeply concerned with the impact of the previous government's permissive approach to nicotine vaping products, tobacco control organizations are... I missed this story from a few years back but it's still relevant. Here’s a pull quote: “Cigarettes are just always there, and you’ve always done it. I just pick them up and light them up without thinking about it.” Keith finally quit. 🙂 #nevertoolate independent.co.uk/arts-entertain…
www.independent.co.uk Keith Richards says heroin is easier to kick than cigarettes The Rolling Stone has also revealed he has cut back on alcohol Canadian governments have 25 billion reasons to invest in #tobaccocontrol to mitigate harm and continue driving down tobacco use. Here’s the full rationale. #cdnhealth #cdnmedia #abmedia #abpoli edmontonjournal.com/opinion/column…
edmontonjournal.com Opinion: Invest tobacco settlement cash to save more Albertans from smoking