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City of Hamilton
Tobacco-Free Living - Denormalizing the Tobacco Industry
Tobacco Industry products are the direct cause of 47,500 Canadian deaths annually. Learn more about the Canadian Health Community’s opinion of the Industry which creates these deadly products.
Who is the Tobacco Industry in Canada?
The Ontario Campaign for Action on Tobacco provides information on the companies that dominate the cigarette market in Canada. Read the internal documents that offer insight into the workings of tobacco marketers, researchers, and executives that help profile the strategies used by tobacco companies worldwide
Read the "Guildford Documents" at Health Canada that offer insight into the workings of tobacco marketers, researchers, and executives that help profile the strategies used by tobacco companies worldwide.
Tobacco is more than a health issue!
Tobacco Industry products do more than cause a global public health epidemic. Visit Big Tobacco Sucks to learn more about animal cruelty, corporate globalization, racial, discriminatory and sexist marketing tactics, child labour, worker exploitation, ecological destruction and genetic engineering.
Point of Sale Purchasing
Tobacco advertising and sponsorship has been banned since October 1, 2003, yet the tobacco industry spends over $77 million for, “powerwalls” (the display of cigarettes behind convenience store counters) and other point-of-purchase incentives at the retailer level to market their deadly product.
Point–of-sale promotions are visible to all customers including children, non-smokers and former smokers. The Smoke-Free Ontario Act includes a ban on countertop tobacco retail displays and tobacco promotions as of June 1, 2006. A full ban on tobacco retail displays will occur on June 1, 2008. This legislation will reduce tobacco use, protect children from exposure to tobacco promotion, reduce crime, and will reduce youth access to tobacco products.
Exposé
This “by-youth-for-youth” tobacco industry project is located in Ottawa. Exposé seeks to educate others on the dangers of tobacco and the manipulation strategies used by the tobacco industry.
Want to do more?
Sign the Hamilton Crew for Action Against Tobacco's on-line petition to support the removal of tobacco retail displays prior to the 2008 legislative deadline.
Contact Information
For information and free resources or to report a complaint about the Tobacco Control Act or Smoking By-law:
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