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Tobacco Control 1999;8:356-361; doi:10.1136/tc.8.4.356
Copyright © 1999 by the BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.
Tob Control 1999;8:356-361 ( Winter )

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Warnings that tell the truth: breaking new ground in Canada

Garfield Mahood

Non-smokers' Rights Association, 720 Spadina Avenue, Suite 221, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 2T9, Canada; gmahood@nsra-adnf.ca

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    Introduction

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I Canada, the federal government predicts that tobacco industry products will cause the premature death of a third to a half of long-term smokers.1 Health Canada predicts that out of a population of 30 million, the tobacco industry will kill more than three million Canadians now alive.

In 1998, a panel of 26 health experts acting on behalf of 130 health agencies and professions published a strong warning to the federal government. The expert panel said: "By any measure, by any standard, tobacco use in Canada constitutes a public health crisis . . . tobacco industry products will kill 3 million Canadian presently alive. We know the measures now that are necessary to prevent the addiction of our youth . . . There is nothing magical involved in preventing this epidemic. What is needed is political will."2

A public health problem of this magnitude should raise obvious questions. Where is the deep sense of urgency and outrage that should accompany a . . . [Full text of this article]
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