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Campaign targets smoking around children
CancerCare's Annitta Stenning (from left), Annette Schultz, Janet Nowatzki and Jim Rondeau announce 'The Butt Stops Here' campaign Thursday. (DAVID LIPNOWSKI / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS)
There's a new less-than-subtle tool to help you tell people it's not OK to smoke in your house or car.
CancerCare Manitoba launched its "The Butt Stops Here" window sticker campaign Thursday morning in conjunction with two studies showing kids are less likely to experiment with smoking if they're not exposed to smoke in the home or car, even if their parents smoke.
And all of this pointed to the ban and $200 fine as of July 15 for smoking in a vehicle in which children under 16 are riding.
Two new University of Manitoba and CancerCare Manitoba studies show kids are less likely to try smoking the less they're exposed to smoking, even if one or more other family members smoke.
"We want parents to know they probably have more impact on their kids than they realize," CancerCare researcher Janet Nowatzki told a news conference Thursday morning.
U of M nursing Prof. Annette Schultz conducted a national survey of students in grades 5 through 9. Her team of researchers found a link between the rules about smoking in a house or vehicle, and the children's behaviour towards experimenting with tobacco.
Nowatzki said parents who smoke and their kids had entirely different perceptions about the parents' habits and enforcement of rules. The kids perceive that their parents smoke more than the parents believe they do, expose the kids to more smoke than parents think they do, and enforce smoking bans in homes and cars far less vigourously than parents contend.
Nowatzki said the scope of the surveys did not include statistical analyses comparing the percentages of smoking and non-smoking kids to smoking and non-smoking parents, or to bans on smoking in homes and vehicles. But she said parents must tell other adults that they can't smoke in homes or vehicles, and that must include times when their children ride with other adults.
Healthy Living Minister Jim Rondeau pointed out that as of July 15, there will be a $200 fine for smoking in a vehicle in which there are children under 16.
The stickers are free from CancerCare by calling 787-4143 in Winnipeg or 1-877-407-2223 toll-free. Schools will distribute them in September.
Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition July 9, 2010 A9
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