Northern Health Sets Up Resources to Share Info on New Tobacco Rules
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Prince George, B.C. - As the day draws near for new tobacco sales and display rules to kick in ( March 31st) Northern Health has set up a couple of resources for businesses and the public to get more information.
A new toll-free number and new email address will offer information on the legislation as well as a way for northerners to register their concerns about violations of the new rules.
Health authorities are responsible for enforcing provincial tobacco laws. The new legislation expands the role of Northern Health tobacco enforcement officers to include enforcement of regulations on smoking in public places and on where tobacco products can be sold. Tobacco enforcement officers will work with retailers, business and property owners to ensure they understand and are complying with the new Tobacco Control Act provisions.
Enforcement of the new tobacco laws for smoke-free public places will be complaint-driven. Northern Health has established the toll free line 1-877-617-6777, and the email address tobacco.control@northernhealth.ca for Northern BC residents to contact NH’s Tobacco Reduction Team, and to obtain helpful information on tobacco control, reduction and cessation resources.
BC’s new Tobacco Control Act bans smoking in most public places. There are also new rules around retail display and promotion of tobacco products; including a ban on displays or promotion in stores that allow minors, and restrictions on where tobacco products can be sold.
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Posted by: Andyfreeze on March 19 2008 1:05 PM
Neat, that ranks right up there with "library police".
And yet the hippocrates we elected continue to reap the taxes on Tobacco.
Oh ya right,it all goes to healthcare...ya right.
This is going to hurt a lot of business's even though the government will tell us that it won't.
That will depend on where you live.
Pubs in more blue color area's will definitley feel it over the long term, as smokers decide to just stay home.
I don't smoke anymore,a personal choice, but I don't really give a damn if someone else does...as long as they are not blowing it in my face or smoking around kids.
Do we really think that it is any worse than what people breath in a pulp mill or a chemical plant,or the dust in a sawmill?
Or the everyday air in downtown Prince George?
Hippocrates, every damn one of them!
What's next on the list for these total control freaks we elected?