Approved on April 28, 2005, by the Sudbury & District Board of Health.
Motion
WHEREAS the use of tobacco contributes to significant morbidity and mortality; and
WHEREAS current Canadian law prohibits the promotion of tobacco products through advertisement and sponsorship; and
WHEREAS the Canadian tobacco industry utilizes prominent retail displays (powerwalls) for point of sale marketing of their product; and
WHEREAS retail displays increase average tobacco sales; and
WHEREAS the provincial government had committed to the elimination of behind-the-counter retail displays of tobacco in its 2003 election campaign platform; and
WHEREAS the proposed Bill 164, Smoke-Free Ontario Act does not adequately address behind-the-counter, point-of-purchase retail displays;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Sudbury & District Health Unit Board of Health requests the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care to include a provision to ban all point-of-sale promotion of tobacco products in the newly introduced Bill 164, Smoke-Free Ontario Act, without qualification; and
THAT this motion and related background document be forwarded to the Federal Government,Ontario Boards of Health, local MPPS and constituent municipalities.