For the 41e Week for a Quebec Without Tobacco, the Quebec Council on Tobacco and Health (CQTS) focused on the legacy of smoking in its new campaign-shock.
“TOBACCO LEAVES MARKS! "
The organization chose the theme "Tobacco leaves marks», Because 16 types of cancer and 21 chronic diseases are linked to smoking. The CQTS estimates that 386 Quebecers are marked by smoking. From lung cancer to throat cancer, oral cancer, not to mention cardiovascular disease, smoking leaves serious scars.
According to the Quebec Council on Tobacco and Health, more than 18% of 12 years and older who smoke and 29% of 18 to 34 years.
Actress Genevieve Brouillette, spokesperson for the Tobacco Free Quebec Week, has a personal story that directly challenged her. "The trigger for me when I quit [in 2001] was having a mother-in-law at the time who was going to have an operation for a tumor in her throat. I was in the hospital room with her, she was crying and she told me, “I could have avoided this. "»
If tobacco leaves marks, some stakeholders fear that cannabis also causes problems.
«What we fear is that we will lose what we have gained from smoking. Among smokers, there is three to four times more cannabis use than the general population», Relieves Marc Drolethowever, that the Council would follow the situation closely.
Similar concern for the Dr. André Dontigny, of the General Direction of Public Health of Quebec. "It is because in marketing models, there has been an upsurge, this was particularly the case in Colorado.»
Tobacco Free Quebec Week will run from 21 to 27 January 2018.
