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f i V' *>>.-.<<.-,71 Vi i.... ALL SALES FINAL -- CASH AND CARRY ONLY The Canadian Statesman Rowmanville, December 23,1987 Letter to The Editor November 24,1987 1405, 330 - 26 Avenue S. W. Calgary, Alberta T2S 2T3 Re: BiU C - 51 Dear Sir: I am writing to share with you my concern about cigarette-smoking cigarette-smoking and what it has done, and continues to do to the citizens of our country. We simply cannot dodge the truth any longer - smoking causes diseases that maim and kill. The statistics are clear: 32,000 fellow Canadians Canadians die each year from diseases diseases that trace their origin to cigarette-smoking. There is no longer any doubt. Just ask any doctor. They have seen plenty of hard evidence in the autopsy room where the end-stage of tobacco- related disease is so tragically tragically ^displayed. With few exceptions, exceptions, doctors have got the'message and have given up smoking. But that is not enough. Now the Canadian Medical Medical Association is mobilizing its membership of 48,000 doctors from Victoria to St. Johns to take a firm stand against cigarette-smoking, the greatest single preventable preventable hazard to tne health of our nation. I am one of Canada's 48,000 doctors and I have seen enough, more than enough. I can list numbers of friends, colleagues - to. say nothing of patients - who have died from tobacco - related related diseases. Bil C-51 will not stop people people from smoking but it will take a bold step towards discouraging discouraging it by banning advertising advertising and promotion, providing package warnings of the magnitude of the risk and revealing the quantity of toxic substances. May I appeal to you as the editor or one of Canada's foremost newspapers to take a..stand in favour of Bill C- 51? You are probably aware that many newspapers are already supporting C-51 editorially. editorially. '..If we care at all about the health of our nation, this is a step we must take. The to- bacco industry has mounted a powerful and persuasive lobby; unless the general public, including health professionals, professionals, rallies forces that will stand firmly in support of-Bill C-51, it will die an ignoble ignoble death and the scourge ofltobacco-related disease will go on. , , i MaV I appeal to you sir, to take such àction through- your newspaper as you see fit? \ Yours sincerely, Gerald W. Hankins M.D. P.S. Should you desire Facts and Figures about to- bacco-relatea Disease and Deaths, contact the following following organizations: 1. Canadian Canadian Medical Association, 1867 Alta Vista Drive Ottawa K1G3Y6 : 2. Canadian Cancer Society Society 1639 Yonge Street Toronto Toronto M4T2W6 3. Physicians for a Smoke-free Canada Box 4849, Station E Ottawa K1S 5J1. Van Belle Floral Shoppes ...muen more than a flower store! 4 STORES • Highway No. 2 • King St. W., Oihawa • SlmcoeSt. N., Oshawa i... • lOODundasSt.W., IWhitby I rademarks of Van Belle Gardena Ltd. SHOPPERS DRUG MART OPEN BOXING DAY DEC. 26th, 1987 In Bowmanville Mall 623-2546 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. SHOPPERS DRUG MART OPEN DEC. 27th, 1987 In Bowmanville Mall 623-2546 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. l ,i-yA r fi ■ v:. " . ru.A Jr : I ' ** / ,■ i j I ■ ' : r > it t.Jfjr L ,. • I I ' ! I 1%" Cedar Doors DUTCHMAN Reg. up to $358. 00 YOUR PICK From $ 94." i%" Cedar or Pine PANEL DOORS Reg. up to $243. 00 YOUR PICK From $cn 99 NORMANDY 1%" No. 800 Colonist Reg. up to $81. 00 YOUR PICK From $|4 99 1%" Hardboards I i/ -i r/ % % s 7~ F 0 E iâ LL L 0 FRENCH Reg. up to $41, 00 YOUR PICK From $g 99 HUNDREDS TO CHOOSE FROM... Interior • Exterior • Hârdboard • Hollow Core Cedar • Mahogany • Colonial MasterCard Home Highway No. 2 Base Line Rd. W Highway 401 Durham Building Home improvement 164 Base Line Rd. E. BUILDING CENTRE 623-6341 Bowmanville CASH & CARRY