Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), April 3, 1991, p. 28

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Page 28- THE HERALD April mi Community Regional Council to consider enacting tough tobacco bylaws Regional Council will consider today Wednesday if Haltons four municipalities should enact bylaws governing the sale of tobacco to teenagers under the age of 16 If Regional Council requests that Hills Milton Burt ington and introduce the appropriate bylaws it will be done on behalf of the Halton Regional Council on Smoking and Health HRCSH According to a report issued by the HRCSH which will be presented during todays council meeting teenagers who have yet to smoke by the age of 18 are not likely to ever start The report quotes from a Gallup Poll Parenting Tips Centre Styles of discipline depend on circumstances By VALERIE CUNNINGHAM Earlier we talked about styles of discipline My guess is that most of us change styles depen ding on circumstances and the situation What are those cir cumstances and situations Yes more questions to ask ourselves Last time we looked at our parents influence on our style of parenting but what are the other Influences to look af First of all we need to consider if our own needs are being met For example generally speak are we managing our finances adequately Are we comfortable in our significant relationships Do we feel we are making a contribution andor that we are useful in our work And specifically Am I too tired or worried to deal with this discipline problem now Am I really angry at my spousebossbest friend Is this going to create more work and Im already burdened with thankless tasks Will I look bet ter to my friends if my child per forms well Secondly we need to study our general and specific expectations we have for our children Are they realistic considering the childs age and ability Is he too young to do this well Is she capable of doing a better job Has my teen handled other responsibility well before taking on this new one Does my child need more sleep and cuddles Does my baby need more activity and stimulation Before we can perfect the job of parenting do we ever we need to begin to recognize and take care of our own needs and abilities Then we also need an understanding of each childs special needs and skills Valerie Cunningham a nurse In independent practice offers a variety of parenting courses and private consultations She may be reach ed at During April and May she will lead two parenting courses for the Georgetown ParentChild Centre For more Information call the Centre at that found 90 per cent of smokers first smoked by the age of and were regular smokers by the age of 17 The report goes on to point out that the mortality rate for smoking related diseases for those who began smoking at years of age Is per cent higher than for those who begin smoking In later years Currently Halton Hills only has a bylaw governing cigarette vending machines Hills Bylaw Enforcement Officer Bob said Tuesday the bylaw empowers the Town to dic tate where vending machines are located in an establishment Machines must be located so it can always be seen by the employees he said The report urges local municipalities to introduce fur bylaws that require tobacco retailers to obtain a licence to sell cigarettes The Town could pass such a bylaw said Mr as long as it didnt overstep the Federal Governments Tobacco Restraint Act This legislation states cigarettes cant be sold to minors under the age of 16 Mr said the licens ing of tobacco retailers would allow the Town to apply condi tions to the sale of cigarettes such as requiting teenagers to show proof of age According to the report other components of any new municipal legislation should include the following stringent fines andor revocation of a tobacco licence for selling tobac co to minors fines should be significant to act as a deterrence both the store owner and the clerk should be subject to fines for selling tobacco to a minor To keep the licence retail outlets should be required to in dicate by a sign that is required for tobacco pur chases Easter 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