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p 6 weekcnder october 1s4 v st health new legislation designed to keep youth smokefree pajama party sheila mcleod librarian at the whitchurchstouffvllle public library puts on her expressive face while reading for the children at the latcham gallerys bedtime story reading this week as part of the canscaip collection of canadian illustration photosteve sombrville thanks from amnesty chapter dear editor the members of amnesty international group 54 wish to say thank you to the tribune for the coverage in the stoufrville calendar of its novelty car rally on sunday oct 16 the rally was a great success supported by beauti ful fall weather that we are sure was generated by the sense of community spirit that exists in stouffville our congratulations go to the win ning car ably driven and navigated by the team of halina przybyszewska bob allison and jody allison all of rr 2 stoufrville roger glazin for group 54 by roger belgrave staff reporter medical experts attribute thousands of deaths each year to the daily habit shared by several million canadians in ontario alone there are an estimated 18 million adults who continue to light up in the face of mounting social pressure and discourag ing medical evidence as toler ance levels of the majority nonsmokers falls and health costs rise politicians are beginning to use their powers to influence this particular lifestyle choice f both the federal and provin cial governments have decid ed the best way to deter young people from smoking is through legislation ontario has passed what it believes is north americas toughest smoking legislation markham and other munici palities across ontario should begin to notice the impact this fall bill 119 the tobacco control act is intended to comple ment the federal governmen ts tobacco sales to young persons act passed just last february parts of ontarios anti- tobacco legislation bear stricter regulations than its federal counterpart ontario adds a year to feder al age limits and will prohibit selling and supplying tobacco to anyone younger than 19 retailers will bear legal bur den for ensuring tobacco pur chasers are of age retailers who violate new regulations face stiff fines and could lose their right to sell tobacco at years end the legislation will prohibit tobacco sales in pharmacies and other health facilities at the same time fwehpm fran sainsbury works for the people of whitchurchstouffville fran sainsbury has the desire to serve the residents of our municipality as mayor is active and well informed about the needs of whitchurch- stouffville is a longtime resident and business person in our community has both professional and volunteer experience dealing with all levels of government fran sainsburys past present involvement teaching at ballantrae public school a former career as a real estate salesperson although still licensed locally regular attendance atthebloomington church nine years as chairman of preserve our water resources 1982 citizen of the year- elected office has served on all town boards and committees 198285 councillor ward 4 198594 mayor regional councillor economic development committee- town region fundraising for yorkdurham heritage railway and many other worthwhile projects york region housing authority managementhealth and community services york region fire services review committee fran sainsbury for mayor fran sainsbury has the credentials and the desire to serve you vote sainsbury november 14 otm authorized by cfo for candidate fran sainsbury cigarette machines in ontario will be confined to bars and taverns the legislation is supposed to restrict or ban smoking in a wide range of public places while making it more difficult for teenagers to buy ciga rettes the whole key here is try ing to keep our young people from starting said larry oconnor the durhamyork mpp is parliamentary assis tant to health minister ruth grier and played a significant role in designing the anti- tobacco legislation the act was developed as part of the ontario tobacco strategy aimed at getting smokers and wouldbe smok ers to butt out smoking has been labeled ontarios number one pre ventable cause of death researchers believe tobacco claims 13000 lives each year in in ontario according to the heart and stroke foundation of canada tobacco use annu ally kills over 38000 nation wide the bill could be considered one of those rare phenomenon in politics it was legislation that gar nered substantial support from all parties with health costs associated to tobacco use burning a hole in taxpayers pockets inter vention by elected officials was inevitable government officials esti mate millions are spent each year to treat tobacco related illnesses despite the good intentions there is fear legislative strate gy in this particular area comes close to attacking free dom of choice oconnor believes people need to understand there are costs associated with their choices but he insisted governmen ts motivations are as much about sense as it is about dol lars the focus is health he explained were not trying to dictate what they people can or cant do he added what were trying to do is make sure theyre aware of what theyre getting in to oconnor noted there is still work to be done on finetuning regulations for all impacted by the leg islation there are plans for an education blitz sometime this fall that is when the bill is expected to receive proclama tion the governments legislative efforts to curb tobacco use is expected to light a fire under more than a few smokers its difficult to ignore the health concerns however tobacco producers manufacturers and retailers certainly arent comfortable with political actions that threaten their financial fit ness i f rrrrff