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THE CANADIAN STATESMAN ♦ MARCH 9,2005 ♦ PAGE 5 i VOGUE' #V2857 FINAL CLEARANCE All Remaining WINTER FASHION FABRIC FOUR DAYS ONLY Thursday March 10th to Sunday March 13th Of Regular Priced Merchandise. Everything in stock - All Departments • All Drapery • All Basics • All Home Decor • All Notions pgp'v 1 MSsiif mm fi'i'r r M& HÊWÈËSÊË iSSffiW irLie > L/:.^ ipmï?: 'H' 1 ' V;".-- * LAMINATE FLOOR SPECIAL! 8mm Click-Lock flooring 1.65 sq.ft 20 yr warranty TABRICLÆND CANADA'S LARGEST ^ CARMinN FARRIC DISTRIBUTOR FASHION FABRIC DISTRIBUTOR durtiamregion.com Move to ban youth smoking extinguished Regional council votes down fining smokers aged 12 to 19 BY CARLY FOSTER Staff writer , DURHAM -- Heath officials were swift to react Ip a now defeated regional council move to make jt illegal for youth under 19 to smoke. Shocked that 21 per cent of Durham youth aged J2 to 19 were smokers, Oshawa Councillor Robert Jmtczyk brought forward a motion at a recent health and social services committee meeting that would make it illegal for young people to smoke. V'Why is it you're not allowed to sell to under 19- year-old youth... but they're allowed to have it?" he asked. "It's legal to do it, but it's only illegal for someone else to get it to you." Coun. Lutczyk wanted the Province to make it illegal, under the Provincial Offences Act, for young people to smoke. This would have allowed municipal bylaw enforcement officers to ticket or fine youths caught smoking -- the equivalent to getting caught speeding or illegally parking, he said. "They (youth) are beyond the law, and they know it," Coun. Lutczyk said. "And that entices others to do it." Several Durham health organizations said criminalizing criminalizing smoking was the wrong way to go. "We fundamentally disagree that youth should be considered criminals for this, behaviour," said Vicky Olmstead, chairwoman of the Oshawa Community Community Health Centre, in a letter to regional council. council. "There is no evidence that youth possession legislation is effective in reducing use in this target population." The Youth Centre in Ajax said in a letter that young people are the victims when B smoke-free environments. "To further victimize youth who are already at risk of becoming addicted addicted to nicotine would add said. "Please do not let this Robert Lutczyk motion pass and, instead, choose to be an ally of our community's youth." The move even reached Toronto, where a nursing student at the University of Toronto said lawmak ers should look at alternatives to making youth smoking illegal, including banning retail cigarette displays. While the motion was debated at a recent regional regional council meeting, Brock Coun. Larry O'Connor said making smoking illegal would just heighten the "bad boy image" of cigarettes and make them more appealing. "Making them (young smokers) heroes in the eyes of their peers is not helping anyone in this situation," he said. Tobacco companies should instead be the target, Coun. O'Connor said in an e-mail to fellow councillors. councillors. The move was lost on the council floor in a 21 to 6 vote. Voting for the possible ban were Coun. Lutczyk, Oshawa councillors Joe Kolodzie and John Neal, Clarington Mayor John Mutton and Whitby councillors Pat Perkins and Joe Drumm. Clarington library welcomes author BOWMANVILLE -- Award-winning author Rukhsana Khan will be on hand at the Clarington Public Library Monday, March 14, to tell tales aimed at helping school-aged children understand people of different cultures. 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