Letter to the Editor in the Record today. It’s hard for me to stick to 200 words!
Make it illegal for teenagers to smoke RE: Ontario bans youth from tanning beds — Oct. 10
I was ecstatic to see that a bill banning youth from tanning beds passed unanimously in the Ontario legislature. Malignant melanoma causes more than 1,000 deaths per year in Canada.
But it’s baffling that 20 times as many people die each year from lung cancer, and smoking is still a legal hobby for youth and children to pursue. It’s illegal to give or sell a (Read more…)