Taser World | Laser World Therapy Centre | The North Shore News subdports A Smoke Free Environment ff you're thinking about it give us a call - Call cur Fitness & Lifestyle Consultants at 987-PLAY — they will work with you fo design a program that will help you Kick the Habit. The program wiil focus on enhancing healthy lifestyle practices such as increas- ing adivity and eating a healthy diet while ot the same et OAC OF ArT ge WEST VaNOUVER STOP SMOKING northishore: Laser Therapy Treatment Diet Treatment also availabie 136 E. 14th St, NV. 984-4040 Z SEIN TNF LE EAR AIL TERE VON Me renee etece eae “We support a smoke-free society by not selling tobacco products.” DAVIES PHARMACY 1401 ST. GEORGES AVE., NORTH VAN. 985-8771 ‘Special § $90.00 LASERQUIT super STOP SMOKING SPECIAL | HYGIENIC, PAINLESS SOFT LASER TREATMENT 2 persons Gift Certificates Available 254-2344 1654 Rentrew St. 150 : time “Accentuating The Positive?’ We also have literature available with information on “tips for quitting” as well as the problems that smok- ing causes. - Call Today and ide the habit. SO YOU say it’s mid-January and your smoking policy ee eA amare ernment meets + : SUMDAY + WEDNESDAY - FRIDAY this school year, . Thompson‘of No: “*It’s not eas! establishing total smoking bans in NVSD - “not, who has ‘deen: si New Year’s Resolution to quit smoking Svecializing in: ° Private Nursing Care Homemaker Services -@ Palliative Care : “QUIT SMOKING with ACUPUNCTURE $3500 Free Follow-up Points Included to curb weight gain China trained practitioner GRANT SMITH 929-6254 Serving the North Shore for 46 years WEST VAN SENIOR SECONDARY “The best way to stop smoking is to never start 9 From the staff and students : We encourage your good health. a remem eens somehow followed your Christmas tree into the wood chipper? Don’t despair, you can still quit the costly habit this month by butting out during national non-smoking week, Jan. 20 to 26. This year the anti-smoking groups promoting the non-smoking week are focusing on children who smoke. According to statistics from the Cana- dian Council on Smoking and Health (CCSH): @ 20% of 12- to 17-year-olds smoke an average cf 14 cigarettes a day; @ 8% of 10- to 14-year-olds smoke dai- ly. Non-smoking groups’ research also in- dicates that if a child doesn’t smoke be- fore age 18, the likelihood of that child ever smoking drops dramatically. “Tf you delay them starting until after 19 years old, you may prevent people. from smoking altogether,’’ explained Franca Bertoncin of the Community Health Promotion department of North Shore Health. Peer pressure, social acceptance, asser- ting independence and a desife to appear adult are reasons children start smoking. School districts such as North Van- couver School District 44 (NVSD) do not want to encourage the smoking habit. The school board implemented a non- Please don’t smoke! PSPHARMASAVE 2477 Marine Dr. West Van. 5331 Headland Dr. West Van. 3160 Edgemont Blvd. North Van. 1246 Lynn Valley Rd. North Van. ‘Bertoncin. to have tobacco-sellers licenses that could -~ buildings and on schcol grounds. Three high schools have been permitted to phase in the ban in 1992 with Carson Graham — Secondary permitted a phase-in time that "= extends to September 1994. : ‘In West Vaacouver Schoo! District 45, ‘smoking is not permitted in any school - building, smoking areas on school grounds. but principals can designate - An Non-smoking advocates would like to. see the enforcement of the laws that make -. selling cigarettes to minors illegal, said “The teenage cigarette market in_ og Canada is worth more than a half a- . billion dollars a year,'’ according. to the | : CCSH statistics. The B.C. Council of Smoking and ie Health would like retailers to be required be suspended if the retailer was found”. guilty of selling to minors, said Bertoncin.. Adults who smoke are becoming a mi-. nority in Canada. According to the B.C. committee for national non-smoking week, 31% of adult Canadians are regular smokers, down from 49% in 1966. On the North Shore, 23% of residents” are smokers, according to Bertoncin. . No-smoking policies in companies help to create a smoke-free environment, as do no-smoking bylaws, said Jean 3 | Breathe a little easier! Semi-annual clearance sale jan. 19-31st SPORT ~~ uo. te atc een errata tnatare ene tenants pS see “Jong period of ti North Shore *- ministry are® contest from: . grand . prize for ’ remained smoke Adult (19 yea who live or wor! eligible to enter. Prices are down at Bladerunner. Specializing i in Running & Aerobic Gear ¥ 982 Park Royal South, W.Van.