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Play, Live, Be… Tobacco- Free! Creating healthy, tobacco-free communities together Waterloo Region Active Living Network September 16, 2010

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Play, Live, Be… Tobacco-Free!Creating healthy, tobacco-free communities together

Waterloo Region Active Living NetworkSeptember 16, 2010

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An International Movement

• Smoke-Free Soccer 2001• WHO World No Tobacco

Day 2002• Smoke-Free International

Sports Events• Smoke-Free Olympics• Growing movement

around the world!

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Why TFSR in Ontario?

•Tobacco use is the single most significant cause of preventable disease and death in

Canada.

•An estimated 2,223 people died from smoking in Waterloo Region between 2000

and 2004. (roughly the population of the Town of Wellesley)

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Partners Include...

• Tobacco Coordinating Area Networks (TCANs) across the province

• Local Public Health Units• Youth engagement groups• Coaches’ Association of Ontario• SPORT4ONTARIO• Ministry of Health Promotion & Sport • Local Community Partners

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Chew Tobacco

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Tobacco-free Sports & Recreation

means that no one – including volunteers and spectators – smokes, dips, snuffs or chews tobacco while engaging in any activity related to the sport or recreation activity.

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Reasons to go tobacco-free

• Prevent youth from starting to use tobacco products

• Give everyone a chance to play and perform at their best

• Protect children • Help people to quit

• Keep our parks and fields clean

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"A place to play, not an ash tray"

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Existing smoking restrictions in Waterloo

Region

• Smoke-free Ontario Act• Region of Waterloo

Smoke-free By-law • City Smoking Policies • Sports leagues/teams

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Play, Live, Be… Tobacco-Free

2010 Grants – Round 3to create, promote, enforce and/or sustain an effective Tobacco-Free policy

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What’s involved

1. Raise awareness and engage your members

2. Develop a policy that will work for your organization

3. Communication and education

4. Continue to reinforce5. Have clear enforcement protocols

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Call to Action

• Determine your organization’s position

• Educate yourself & others

• Support TFSR in your community / organization

• Develop a TFSR policy

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For more information and further assistance go to:

www.regionofwaterloo.ca/smoking

Tobacco Information Line: 519–883-2279