Health committee  Good morning. Bonjour. Thank you very much for the opportunity to address the committee on this important public health issue. As you heard, my name is Melodie Tilson. I'm the director of policy for the Non-Smokers' Rights Association, better known as the NSRA. The NSRA has be

Health committee  A few years ago we didn't see any traditional forms of advertising, particularly when the companies were arguing the Tobacco Act when it was before the Supreme Court. In about 2007 they resumed advertising in print publications. The biggest form of promotion that we've seen in

Health committee  We had a meeting of our coalition last week, and we were all in agreement around the table that the number one priority for us was to see flavoured, smokeless tobacco included in the legislation. All four of us addressed that issue.

Health committee  Absolutely the bill will allow for changes, but through experience, I know that the regulatory process can be very slow. We feel we have sufficient evidence right now to merit flavoured smokeless tobacco being included on the schedule right now, so that we don't have the same sit

Health committee  You're absolutely right. These are not benign products, to the extent that I will actually go through my kids' Halloween candy and remove all the Popeye cigarettes and not let them have them. A lot of good it did me, but I tried. In terms of our organization's lobbying efforts,

Health committee  There are a number of points made there. I want to address something you said just a moment ago, about this bill adversely affecting tobacco companies. I think members, in legislating tobacco control, have to recognize that we can't have it both ways. If indeed the legislation is

Health committee  Sadly, my own experience validates this finding. My 21-year-old son, who was successfully inoculated against smoking cigarettes by his parents and of course by his schooling, did not equate cigarillo use with what he knew to be the health risks of smoking. And who can blame him o

Health committee  Thank you, Madam Chair and members of the committee, for the opportunity to address you on Bill C-32. I would like to thank the chair and all the committee members for giving us the opportunity to tell them our point of view about this bill, which is so important for the health