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' The facts are frightening. About {3,000 Ontarians will die this year ts a direct result of cigarette tobac- to use. Some 25% of these smokers will have become addicted to cigarettes before the age of 18 Reasons children start to smoke include peer pressure, a desire for éocial acceptance, to assert their Independence. and a desire to emu- late adult behavior. If we can elimi- hate the use of tobacco by under 'aged smokers, we can potentially reduce the number of adult smok- _ A survey of nearly 400 Oakville teenagers conducted earlier this year has shown that our community ssesses the dubious distinction of giving twice the national average of young smokers. The survey. carried out in two Oakville high schools. showed that 17% of Grade Nine students were smokers. The average age of these children was 14 years. The question this statistic raises it: how did these young people get the cigarettes to smoke? We have thws, don't we. that say that chil- dren can't buy cigarettes? Yes we dol A new federal law and a 13- )lear-old provincial statute say it is illegal to sell cigarettes to anyone under the age of 18 years. and yet, here in Oakville. 70% of those 14 tear old smokers say they buy their own cigarettes. ', We have attempted through leg- lslation to limit the access of Number Of children smoking in Oakville double national average C, The presenters will be: Terry Delmore. epidemiologist for the Halton Regional Health Department and Mary Jane Ashley. professor in the Esculty of Medicine, Department of Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics. University of Toronto. They will be presenting information about smoking gun in Halton and Ontario and an overview of smoking as a public health gsue. A panel discussion will follow their presentations. l' The panel will include: Dr. R. M. Nasal. Commissioner and Medical 't,ti,e,r, of Health; Jane Michaels, restaurant owner from the City of urlington; Karel Sury, principal of General Brock High School in turlington; and Ralph Scholtens Burlington councillor and chair of the fiegio/a Health and Social Services Committee. The panel will be moder- Sted by Patricia Else of the Halton Regional Health Department. A ques- iton and answer period will follow. May 26, 190 $2 At the conclusion of the workshop, a poster campaign entitled "Save a Tree: 15 Things to do Instead of Smoking" will be presented. The poster IS the result of a collaborative effort between the Halton Council on Smoking ind Health and the Halton Healthy Lifestyles Coalition. World No Tobacco Day is Monday May 3lst. and in order to highlight some of the information and issues about this health problem. the Halton Council on Smoking and Health and the Halton Lifestyles Coalition are presenting a workshop entitled "Tobacco: The Facts. The Options, and The Future for Halton." This event will take place tomomow. Thursday May thh, 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Halton Regional building in Oakville. K During the week of May 29th to tune 5th First Choice Haircutters in pakville, along with First Choice flaircutters across Canada and the ELSA. is participating in a Cut-A- hon in aid of the Childrens Wish Foundation which grants dreams to terminally ill children. [Get hair cut and donate $1 to Children 's Wish Foundation ; First Choice will also be asking ketail and commercial neighbors to konate prizes for a raffle. thsstorne/s will be given a raffle iicket and asked to make donations t For every customer served dur- ing that week $1 will be donated to trant a wish to a child with a termi- nal illness. Statistics on smoking at 'No Tobacco Day' seminar Hrs! L'noncc Will also be asking Saturday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. ril and commercial neighbors to First Choice is located at late prizes for a raffle. Oakville Mews, 171 Speers Rd, stomers will be given a raffle 849-7655 or 2408 Lakeshore Rd. Let and asked to make donations W., 847-0855. vavvvvwwfvm TO make space for our expanding custom work 0 OFF 20- 50 hl EVERYTHING (excludlnq custom won MARGARET KEENAN DESIGN STUD/O ADDICTION AT 18 0-003 .9. owwoqoopopo .0 . " o - o. c. o " o a o o ' SALE (just west of Sixteen Mile Creek) June lst - June 5th when. o 0.0.1.. o- u... 060.303. o.u-u_._. - o . o l 121-123 Chisholm St. 338-3121 'ioaiiudcd-aua.dcdc'd.'ecis, cigarettes to minors. The tobacco sale to Young Persons Act passed through the House of Commons in February of this year. This Act makes it illegal throughout Canada to sell cigarettes to youth under the age of 18 years. Proposed provincial legislation is recommending that the age of a minor be raised, for the purpose of tobacco sales, from 18 years (cur- rent requirement under the Minors Protection Act, 1980) to 19 years. This proposal would also require the use of Age of Majority cards when buying cigarettes. This same legislation would require retailers to confirm the age of the person buy- ing tobacco products. There are two solutions to elimi- nate this problem faced by our youth. First, we have to enforce these two legislative initiatives that protect children from tobacco prod- ucts. Second, penalize retailers who supply our children with this addic- to the Childrens Wish Foundation. This will make the Cut-a-thon more exciting for customers and hopeful- 1y provide an increase in granted wishes for the Childrens Wish Foundation. First Choice is a franchise owned and operated by Diane Bolton and is a full service salon with convenient hours for the whole family, open Monday to Friday to 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Saturday 8 am. to 5 pan. First Choice is located at (excludlng custom work and furniture) co use Health Notes is a monthly col- umn prepared by the staff of the Halton Region Health Department. tive and lethal substance. I way, we can protect out youn ple from numbering amor many thousands who die an as a direct result of cigarette -a- -..A.-.- + --a-- - - - - C O T, C C C C C m... "ar.'. - Au.,-.-,-',.- .. .. - I""--.- _k__ qtir='"I.-- mmG".2Tr'"'='1"rurr-'"'-"""m--"--- 'r-a--"'-""--.:: __. ._ _. V s" ' _ _i', T _ m. _ -- --.-- h L, ....,..V7. ---, n, L.' L. c--------------.------------ "u I 'r' 7 _jr.i,ts,),, 1.‘ " 'itisi"Si"iti"iisktcs gig-u _ a ering among the who die annually of cigarette tobac- THE OAKVILLE BEAVER In this Jet OUTLET s-T-A-T-I-OoN J08? KIDS DAKVILLE TOWN CENTRE OTMH PLEDGED $5,000 Ross Johnson, left, a resident of Oakville and president of The Prudential, presents $2,500 to Deiter Kuntz, administrator at Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital, as the first half of the insurance company's $5,000 pledge to the hospital. The money will be used towards the purchase of equipment after the hospital expansion is com- pleted. "Provincial funding does not cover any equipment costs, so donations for equip- ment are very important to us," explains OTMH development officer Carole Thompson. 1rE"S1rrr.SE'S1t'teTSELerS'S'SE 15