Since its initial launch in 2002, the Alberta government’s highly successful commercial tobacco-reduction strategy has become the province’s most effective public health and addiction program. Smoking rates among adults and youth are now the lowest on record and have exceeded all targets. Tobacco industry advertising, sponsorship and displays are virtually a thing of the past. […]
Alberta should reinvest its $3 billion tobacco settlement funds into its successful tobacco and vaping reduction strategy to further decrease tobacco use, address youth vaping, and reduce healthcare burdens. Despite past successes, more needs to be done to meet national goals and hold tobacco companies accountable.
