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Canada gets its house in order

Correspondence to:
Dr R Stanwick
Chief Medical Health Officer, Vancouver Island Health Authority, #430-1900 Richmond Avenue, Victoria, BC V8R 4R2, Canada; richard.stanwick@viha.ca

Keywords: advocacy; burns; cigarettes; legislation; smoking

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It was not without some sense of historical irony that Liberal Member of Parliament in Canada, The Honourable John McKay, observed, while speaking in favor of a proposed legislative amendment, that in February 1916 much of Parliament burned to the ground. Although no official cause was ever provided, it was widely believed that a cigarette caused this fire.¹

Andrew McGuire performs a great service in this issue of capturing the process that has led, after 30 years of struggle, to the introduction of safer cigarettes [see page 264]. The tactics he and his colleagues used are masterly and conjure up an image of a David and Goliath-like struggle to change the tobacco industry’s practises. In addition to admiring and acknowledging the skills displayed by McGuire, I confess to being one of his "thousands of advocates" who have also engaged the tobacco industry on this subject. For . . . [Full text of this article]

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