Ask all the smokers you know not to smoke around you. Let people know that your home will continue to be a smoke-free environment after your baby arrives. If your teen is smoking, take her addiction seriously. By federal law, it's illegal to sell or supply tobacco products to anyone under 18. Some provinces have raised the age to 19.
Smoking is banned in most federally regulated workplaces, such as banks and government offices.
Federal prisons will be smoke-free by 1998. About 97 per cent of schools have smoking policies, but only 66 per cent ban, smoking completely, both indoors and outdoors, at all times. Sanctions against students are usually stronger than those against staff. One-quarter of hospitals permit smoking in areas that do not have separate ventilation. In one out of every five health-care institutions that restrict smoking, cigarettes are nevertheless for sale.