The most import thing that could decrease the use of tobacco especially in teens is to change some of the tobacco and drug policies of the government and to increase public awareness of all the risks of smoking such as the lung cancer, heart disease, stroke, eniphyserna and other types of cancer and awareness of the dangers of smoking during pregnancy or while taking birth control pills must also be increased. And the most important is the awareness and enforcement of the federal, provincial and municipal tobacco laws because they are called the decision- and law-makers because this legislation has been largely ignored by the government, police and retail tobacco industries. Overemphasizing the criminal justice system to bring some changes in dealing with the tobacco and drugs and follow a more restricted policy such as banning cigarette vending machines, expanding anti-smoking programs in the federal, provincial and municipal government, banning possession of tobacco in all schools including other illegal drugs, increasing the price of all tobacco products and include smoking cessation as part of employment assistance programs.
So, the public can help and fight against these problems through many ways of taking action, for example, they can make rallies and get on the streets to show and declare their oppose to the tobacco, smoking and other illegal drugs by using of banners and posters. They can publish flyers and explain the harmfulness and dangers of the tobacco, they can make public gathering and meetings to discuss the issue and increase the public awareness especially the teens that are mostly the target of tobacco and other illegal drugs.
To bring some positive changes in the tobacco and other illegal drugs policy of the government the public is required to influence the government which is possible in many different ways such as written letters to the municipals, meeting with the local politicians and discussing the problem, taking part in anti-smoking demonstrations and express their opposition against tobacco and other illegal drugs by using banners and posters that catch the attention of the media which itself is a strong pressure on the government to change his policy of tobacco to a more restricted one.
Finally, I want to declare that the above problem is one of the most serious problems in Canada that exceeds eight million of people mostly teenagers, having the high rate of consumption among young people, its addictive properties and its devastating health effects, tobacco must be made a priority in Canadian drug policy.
Bibliography:
www.google.ca
www.drugtext.org
www.bchealthguide.org
www.focusas.com
The News Articles that has been handed out in class.
