Anti-contraband tobacco campaign (Motion #03-17)

Moved by Myre  – Lemieux. Approved by the Sudbury & District Board of Health, January 19, 2017.

WHEREAS  the Sudbury & District Board of Health has reviewed information indicating that recent anti-tobacco contraband campaigns from the National Coalition Against Contraband Tobacco and the Ontario Convenience Store Association were supported by the tobacco industry with the intention of blocking tobacco excise tax increases and regulation of tobacco products generally; and

WHEREAS Ontario municipalities including the City of Greater Sudbury have endorsed such campaigns without being informed of tobacco industry support; and

WHEREAS municipalities within the SDHU service area are longstanding advocates for measures to protect the public from exposure to environmental tobacco smoke;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Sudbury & District Board of Health advise area municipalities of this information and urge municipalities to not endorse tobacco industry supported campaigns; and

THAT the Sudbury & District Board of Health request municipalities to call on the Ontario Ministry of Finance to raise tobacco excise taxes and enhance enforcement activities designed to reduce the presence of contraband tobacco in Ontario communities; and

FURTHERMORE THAT this resolution be shared with municipal councils, local MPPs, the Ontario Ministry of Finance, the Association of Local Public Health Agencies, Ontario public health units, and the Ontario Campaign for Action on Tobacco.

CARRIED

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