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Offers health resources on tobacco and smoking, including health effects and risks of smoking and second-hand smoke, as well as information on how to quit smoking.
 Quitting
Nicotine causes chemical or biological changes in the brain. This effect is called psychoactive and although it is less dramatic than heroin or cocaine, the strength of the addiction is just as powerful.
Source: Health Canada
Second-hand smoke that invades your private living space can be harmful to your health
Source: Canadian Health Network
This guide is intended to help families remove second-hand smoke from their homes and cars. If you are a parent who smokes, you may have heard that second-hand smoke is harmful to your family but you may not be aware of the extent of harm it could cause.
Source: Health Canada
Check out these facts on second-hand smoke. Provides information about the health effects of smoking, second-hand smoke, toxic emissions and toolkits to create a smoke-free space.
Source: Health Canada
Smokeless tobacco use is a significant but under-recognized public health problem. The reality is that smokeless tobacco is just as addictive and fatal as cigarettes.
Source: Department of National Defence
Spit tobacco has over 3,000 chemicals, including 28 known carcinogens. Spit tobacco is not a safe substitute for cigarettes and can harm your health in many ways.
Source: Health Canada
Smoking is a major risk factor that contributes to a form of heart disease called cardiovascular disease. Cardiovascular disease is a major cause of death in Canada
Source: Health Canada
There is strong medical evidence that smoking tobacco is related to more than two dozen diseases and conditions. It has negative effects on nearly every organ of the body and reduces overall health.
Source: Health Canada
Health effects of smoking: lung cancer; bronchitis and emphysema; heart disease; stroke; mouth diseases; infertility and impotence.
Source: Health Canada
Here's where you'll find all the details behind the warning labels (including toxic emissions), more information on the health information messages printed inside of the package, as well as help to overcome the smoking habit.
Source: Health Canada
You can find many helpful resources at this Health Centre, along with information on a variety of topics ranging from tobacco control policies to the effects of second-hand smoke.
Source: Canadian Health Network
Need information for your school project? Do you want to know more about the Tobacco Act, and regulations or do you need to access the most current research? What's the Government of Canada's strategy for tobacco control?
Source: Health Canada
What's it cost you? We've created this Real Cost Tool so you can see how much money you'll save by not smoking.
Source: Health Canada
By giving you the facts about what smoking means to your body, your environment and who's actually benefiting from the sale of tobacco products we hope you'll make an informed decision about sticking that cigarette in your mouth and lighting up.
Source: Health Canada
The International Component of the Federal Tobacco Control Strategy outlines the global priorities, strategies and activities used to control tobacco use. You will find a description of the Federal Tobacco Control Strategy and the tobacco control program.
Source: Health Canada
Provides tobacco regulations and promotes initiatives that reduce or prevent the harm associated with tobacco use.
Source: Health Canada
A map of Canada showing the proportion of the population of each province and territory who were smokers in a recent year. The data are derived from the Supplemental Tables 1996-1997 of the "Smoking Behaviour of Canadians" part of the National Population Health Survey web site. The provincial and territorial data are only represented within the settled area. The settled area represents more than 98% of the Canadian population captured in the 1996 Census of Canada. Option to zoom in and obtain exact numbers for specific areas.
Source: Natural Resources Canada
This working paper, the second in a series, analyzes the comparability of surveys conducted by Statistics Canada on smoking prevalence and daily cigarette consumption from 1985 to 2001. It also examines the statistical significance and changes in the data among these survey years.
Source: Statistics Canada
Exposure to second-hand smoke, non-smoking population aged 12 and over, 2000/01: by age group and sex, Canada; by sex, Canada, provinces, territories, health regions and peer groups.
Source: Statistics Canada
Facts and figures to help you make up your mind about smoking.
Source: Health Canada
Smoking data on Canadian youth aged 12-17 and those aged 15-19.
Source: Health Canada
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