Help keep Alberta’s kids tobacco free for life!

Our provincial government has made great strides to reduce tobacco use in Alberta, but tobacco use continues to burden our quality of life and our health care system. Alberta’s youth smoking rate is disturbingly high and tobacco use remains the leading cause of preventable disease, disability and death in Alberta, resulting in an estimated 3,000 deaths every year.

The Campaign for a Smoke-Free Alberta believes more needs to be done to reduce tobacco use in Alberta. That is why we encourage provincial party leadership candidates to support policies that will help keep Alberta kids tobacco free. In 2011 we are engaging leadership candidates and surveying them for their stance on important tobacco reduction issues. Our goal is to encourage future party leaders to support tobacco reduction policies.

By Voting for Health party members can send a message to the Alberta government that Alberta kids deserve first class protection from the dangers of tobacco use. This election season, let leadership candidates know that prevention of chronic disease should be a priority in Alberta. Learn more…