We do not know their real names, but if we did the list might look like this, based on the popularity of various brands of cigarettes and the diseases which commonly kill smokers: DEATHS FROM TOBACCO USE JANUARY 21st 2016 … Continue reading →
I am not an economist, an actuary or an accountant, but I do have a few ideas about the economics of the tobacco industry to share. When people talk about money and tobacco, the first thing they usually mention is tax … Continue reading →
One of the worst things that ever happened to women’s health was the “You’ve come a long way baby” advertising campaign for Virginia Slims, a new and thinner cigarette aimed at the female market. This advertising program linked smoking to the … Continue reading →
In many parts of the world, you can legally smoke once you turn 18. Starting to smoke can be a rite of passage, something that marks the difference between children and adults. 95% of smokers started smoking before the age … Continue reading →
In 2013, Canada’s 4.6 million smokers puffed their way through 31,468,896,967 cigarettes. 37,000 of them died as a result of smoking. In Ontario, 200 farmers grow 54 million pounds of tobacco. Three major tobacco companies have their headquarters in Canada, … Continue reading →
Globally, tobacco kills 6 million people a year, including 600,000 who die from second-hand smoke (WHO). Smoking kills more people than AIDS, Malaria, TB, War, Murder and Traffic accidents combined: If you compare tobacco with recent wars, major natural disasters, … Continue reading →
Why do I care about tobacco? I am an anesthesiologist. I work in the operating room, keeping patients safe and comfortable while surgeons operate. I know that tobacco causes cancer because I am there when the smoker has the cancer … Continue reading →
2015 – Year in Review John Oyston The year was notable mainly for two important family events in England: My dad celebrated his 90th birthday with a nice dinner at Bertie’s Banqueting Hall in Elland in January, and my … Continue reading →
I was up early on Sunday October 18th and caught the morning light on the fall colours during one of the first fall frosts on the foliage at Oak Hills Farm.
Continue reading →What the Ontario government has done to physicians is so extraordinarily unfair that it is hard even for physicians to understand what has happened to them. Throughout the long and arduous contract negotiation process the government insisted that it needed … Continue reading →
