2024 NB STROKE CONFERENCE
The Heart and Stroke Foundation of New Brunswick invites you to register for the 2024 NB Stroke Conference, Across the Continuum and Beyond. This conference is occurring virtually on June [...]
Ontario Cracking Down on Cellphone Use and Banning Vaping in Schools
April 28, 2024 Ontario’s plan to refocus the education system on getting back-to-basics in the classroom includes new standardized provincewide measures, increased parent communication [...]
CPHA Webinars: Tobacco and Vaping Series
CPHA will be hosting two interactive webinars in May that aim to bring together professionals and experts to discuss evidence-based policies and practices in [...]
Canadian Cancer Society commends tobacco tax and e-cigarette tax increases in federal budget
Kristin2024-04-17T12:32:18+00:00Increasing tobacco taxes is the most effective way to encourage smokers to quit and prevent youth from starting to use tobacco OTTAWA, ON, April 16, [...]
Amendments intended to prevent vaping by youth
26 March 2024 FREDERICTON (GNB) – The provincial government has introduced amendments to the Tobacco and Electronic Cigarette Sales Act to prevent vaping by youngsters. “Since [...]
‘Stay the hell away from our kids’: Health minister vows to restrict nicotine pouches — but how?
Mark Holland says he wants to immediately close loopholes for nicotine replacement products like Zonnic Canada's health minister says he'll seek extra authority to restrict the [...]
New Brunswick to participate in federal e-cigarette tax
In its budget delivered yesterday, New Brunswick indicated that it will participate in the federal vaping product tax with an intended implementation date of [...]
System Failure: Healthcare inequities continue to leave women’s heart and brain health behind
It is time to transform the system Women make up just over half of Canada’s population. But gaps in research, diagnosis and care threaten [...]
New Brunswick: 12 Anglophone West schools using sensors that detect bathroom vaping
Anglophone North School District piloting sensors More New Brunswick schools are installing high-tech sensors in their bathrooms to detect student vaping. Vaping seems to [...]