Media Advisory - Blueprint for Ontario's new tobacco control strategy to be
released

TORONTO, Oct. 18 /CNW/ - The Tobacco Strategy Advisory Group (TSAG), formed by the Ministry of Health Promotion and Sport and its partners in 2009, will be releasing a report that outlines recommendations to Government on the next generation of comprehensive tobacco controls for the province.

The 43-page report represents the consensus of Ontario's leaders in tobacco control and outlines a range of recommendations which would form the basis of the next Ontario government five-year Smoke-Free Ontario Strategy. The first Smoke-Free Ontario Strategy was launched in 2004 and is up for renewal.

Who:               

• Michael Perley, Director, Ontario Campaign for Action on Tobacco
• Laura Syron, Vice President, Research, Advocacy and Health Promotion, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario
• Dr. Roberta Ferrence, Executive Director, Ontario Tobacco Research Unit
• Dr. Hazel Lynn, Grey Bruce Medical Officer of Health, Council of Ontario Medical Officers of Health

What:

• Official release of TSAG's report to Government, Building On Our Gains, Taking Action Now: Ontario's Tobacco Control Strategy for 2011 - 2016

When:  

• Tuesday, October 19, 2010
• Press conference begins at 10:00 AM

Where:

• Queen's Park Media Studio, room 148, Main Legislative Building, Queen's Park
• Note: Media day passes will be available in room 387, prior to the press conference

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