By updating their Parks and Public Spaces Bylaw to make parks smoke-free, the City of Kelowna joins a growing list of B.C. municipalities that have eliminated or restricted smoking in parks and on beaches. Implemented in February 2011, Kelowna’s Parks and Public...
Free workplace wellness program that offers employers resources and support to create a tobacco-free workplace. – Canadian Cancer Society British Columbia and Yukon and Province of British Columbia’s Healthy Families BC Initiative
What is tobacco reduction about? Reducing the number of people who smoke has positive health, social, environmental, and financial implications. The majority of smokers want to quit and are looking for helpful tools. Though fewer youth are smoking, too many are still...
How can local governments decrease the harmful impact of tobacco use in communities? The majority of British Columbians are non-smokers: 85% of BC residents do not smoke. However, tobacco use remains the single most preventable cause of death and disease in Canada. It...
