Science has marched on: it’s time to update the advice to Canadians

2022-02-23T17:44:45+00:00Tags: , , , |

Since 2018, other governments have assigned committees of scientists to conduct reviews of the growing body of evidence. From these, a scientific consensus is [...]

Heart failure in Canada: complex, incurable and on the rise

2022-02-01T14:46:36+00:00Tags: , , , |

Heart & Stroke News Release Heart failure in Canada: complex, incurable and on the rise A national action plan will increase access to diagnosis, [...]

It’s National Non-Smoking Week, January 16 to 22, 2022: A message from Health Canada

2022-01-18T13:35:23+00:00Tags: , , , , , |

Did you know that within 24 hours of quitting smoking the risk of having a heart attack goes down, within 8 hours the level of [...]

Tobacco plain packaging momentum continues worldwide with 38 countries and territories moving forward with regulations

2021-11-09T16:42:02+00:00Tags: , , , , |

NEWS PROVIDED BY Canadian Cancer Society (National Office)  Nov 09, 2021, 07:00 ET   Canada among the growing number of countries to implement plain packaging [...]

World Restart a Heart Day

2021-10-14T14:20:31+00:00Tags: , , , |

o  We know that the vast majority of cardiac arrests occur outside the hospital. o  We know that most people experiencing a cardiac arrest in this situation don't survive. o  We [...]

The New Brunswick Lung Association is promoting its annual influenza awareness campaign

2021-09-23T14:38:30+00:00Tags: , , , |

The New Brunswick Lung Association is promoting its annual influenza awareness campaign with the goal to educate people on the reality that influenza can [...]

New Brunswick flavoured e-cigarette ban to come into force Sept. 1, 2021

2021-08-24T16:01:32+00:00Tags: , , , |

New Brunswick’s ban on flavoured e-cigarettes (other than tobacco flavour) will come into force next week on Wed. Sept. 1. Here is an overview [...]

Flavoured e-cigarette regulations – e-advocacy website makes it easy to send submission regarding Health Canada consultation

2021-08-23T15:33:34+00:00Tags: , , , , , |

On June 18, Health Canada announced draft federal regulations for consultation to ban flavours in e-cigarettes, with an exception for tobacco, mint and menthol [...]

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