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ednesday, September I 1999 - Lungs are for lule sch.oo Today, wlth 25 per cei Ontario's you th smioking,' Lung Association's Lungs For Life school prograi more important than ever a new school year approa es your contributions to campaign goal of $262, can help us in the ba against lung cancer, emr sema, chronlc bronchitis death from smoking-rele ilinesses. "Wth you th smoking n on the nise, there is reai ca for concern. Lungs are Life educates our child about the risks of smol and helps counteract aggresslve marketing pi tices of the tobacco induE Consider most smoker, Canada begîn when they children, the opportunit, make a difference is n( says Sheri COU Development Co-ordinatc The Lungs Are For Life gram for teachers inclu educational components the respiratory systema smoking prevention foi students, from kinderga to bigh school. Through cussion, videos, gamnes demionstraion.s kids le about the dangýers o-f si 1ng and how to reýsist1 pressr n detsn to-baceco compan'ries. A generous donatioj $35. or $50, or aslittil your monthly coiitmie $5.00> will help supportL Association initiatives suc Lungs Are For Life. Youir( tribution toda1y will, Update the progra resource materials s50 children and adolescent make informed and pos decisions about their1 health. At The Lung Associatici know how difficuit t is tc smoking: nicotine is on the most addictiveE stances in the world. TIý why we also developed Gi Track, a self-help smcio cessation guide. Thisc cessful program hias ahr helped more thain 25, smokers break the habit.' guide offers common s( advice on how to get read quit, what to do whenc ting, and how to stay ai smoker after you've quit. On lrack is available for, $4.95 (+GST) by calling Lung Healthi Informnation. at 1-800-972-2636. The Lung Associatio also active in municipal across Ontario, workirý make restauirants and0 public places smoke free educate the public about dangers of second h smo-ke. SMOKING FACTS *An estimated 17, Canadians will dlie fromn cancer in 1999. (Nati( Cancer Instituite of Caru Canalian ncerStatiý 1999, Torono, Ciný program nt of 1999.) The e Cigarette smoking is the sAre single most important cause n is of preventable illness and pre- .As mature death in Canada. ýach- o The incidence of lung )our cancer today is the result of 500 smoking pa ttems observed 20 attle years ago. phy- * There is no effective and screening tool. lated * The five year survival rate of a patient with lung cancer ates, is approximately 15%. ause - Tobacco kilîs approxi- For miately nine times5 as many dren Canadiaqns prematurely as )king suicide, traffîc accidents, 1the HIV/AIDS and hom iicide com- îrac- bined. Istry. * Lung cancer r ates among s fin females are showing a 3%1/ y are increase per year. y to I w,, Reducing tobacco usage fton. among youth is the best .or. pro- a des ýs on and hope for Iong-term redue- tion i ung cancer. (The fol- lowing facts are excerpted from The National Popu-lation H-ealth Survey higlîghts). s In 1996/97, over 6.7 miil- lion or 29% of Canadians aged 15 and over smnoke. * 0f young teens aged 12 to 14. 8% sm-oke. 0 Overaîl, more than 329,000 Canadians aged 15 and over started smoking for the first time between 19941/95 and 1996/97, the vast majority under the age of 25. .* Conemrs about health are the main reason for quit- ting and cutting down. * Thle smoking behaviour of others (i.e. everyone around me smokes; family/friends smioke was the main reason given both for starting to smioke and taking up the habit again. * 55% of daily smokers in Ontario intended to quit with- in the six months followiing the study. - In 1996/97, an estimated 621,000 Canadians aged 15 to 19 were smokers. I n-Season Ontarlo Squashý Available fiormAugust un,-til arch WVinter squashes are ikely native of the Amnericas, although early European explorers easily confused them with melons and gourds. 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