Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague and friend for the work he has done on skin cancer.
According to the senior policy adviser with the Canadian Cancer Society:
Tobacco is the leading preventable cause of disease and death in Canada, and we need sustained federal government action in response. Other countries are looking at new ways to protect their citizens from tobacco-related disease.
The government previously set a goal to reduce the number of people who smoke to one in eight Canadians. Currently Health Canada reports that tobacco is responsible for 37,000 deaths annually. I am wondering what other recommendations the member would suggest the government bring forward to reduce smoking rates to the 12% prevalence goal adopted by the government in 2007.