Improving air quality
Highlighting One Health agenda for Clean Air Day
Read morePre-budget submission
Pre-budget submission
Recommendations include increasing investments in electric vehicles and including radon in energy rebate programs
Read the submissionRecommendations include increasing investments in electric vehicles and including radon in energy rebate programs
Heatwaves and Hazy Skies webinar
How heat and wildfire smoke can harm your lungs and what can be done about it
Watch the recordingCross-border collaboration with American Lung Association
Joining forces again to reduce the health impacts of wildfire smoke
Read moreHealthy Environments for Learning Day
CLA joins call to action to protect children from extreme heat
Read moreAir quality included in strategic plan
“Championing clean air” is one of CLA’s priorities for the next three years
Read our strategic planCLA helps fund research on lungs and wildfires
A Canadian Institutes of Health Research Team Grant in Lung Health has been awarded for research on asthma and wildfires
Read moreWildfires know no borders
Working with the American Lung Association to reduce health impacts of wildfires
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Joint Op-Ed
The true cost of gas-powered vehicles, in partnership with the Pembina Institute
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Sarah Butson spoke at the Federal Government’s announcement of new EV sales targets in Canada.
Watch the videoLung on the Hill
Bringing our message to Canada’s leaders to raise awareness of the effects of traffic-related air pollution (TRAP) on lung health
Handout on TRAP
Protecting children from diesel exhaust
A call to accelerate the shift to all-electric school bus fleets on Healthy Environments for Learning Day (HELD)
Read more“My radon story”
New campaign to raise awareness of the importance of radon testing on World Cancer Day
Read moreReducing smoking and vaping
Vaping is Not for Kids
CLA supports the bill reintroduced by NDP MPP France Gélinas at Queen’s Park
Consensus statement on nicotine targets
CLA and more than 20 other leading health organizations called for new targets on World No Tobacco Day
Read moreTobacco and Vaping Products Act
Our written submission for the third legislative review of the Tobacco and Vaping Products Act
Read the submissionPre-budget submission
Recommendations in our pre-budget submission include continued increases to tobacco taxes
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The use of the tobacco settlement money in Ontario
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World No Tobacco Day Forum
Second-annual World No Tobacco Day Forum hosted by the University of Ottawa Heart Institute
Stop the sale of nicotine pouches to kids
A press conference on Parliament Hill calling on the government to prevent nicotine pouches sales to children (November)
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National Non-Smoking Week
How the tactics of the tobacco industry have evolved over our 125-year history
Read the postResponse to proposed tobacco settlement
Response to a proposed settlement in Canada’s decades-long tobacco industry lawsuits
Read our responseFederal nicotine pouch rules change
CLA was one of the national organizations that successfully advocated to limit the availability of nicotine pouches.
Read the annoucementWorld No Tobacco Day Forum
First-ever World No Tobacco Day Forum in Ottawa hosted by the University of Ottawa Heart Institute
Reaction to the 2024 federal budget
Tax increases on cigarettes and e-cigarettes will help protect future generations from lung disease
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WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
Attending the 10th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP10) in Panama as the Health Canada NGO Representative
Response to Fall Economic Statement
Statement includes draft legislation for a tobacco industry cost-recovery fee
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Lung on the Hill
Bringing our message to Canada’s leaders to promote lung healthy policies and legislation
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New poll shows significant support for settlement funds being used to reduce smoking
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Lung on the Hill
Bringing our message to Canada’s leaders to promote lung healthy policies and legislation
Vaping is not for kids
Participated in a Queen’s Park press conference supporting Ontario NDP MPP France Gélinas’s Vaping is not for Kids bill
Pre-budget submission
Urging a cost-recovery fee and increased taxes on cigarettes and vaping
Read the submissionLung on the Hill
Visting Parliament Hill to share 3 major priorities to help reduce tobacco and vaping in Canada
Read moreWorld’s first on-cigarette warnings announced
Government announces health warnings will appear on individual cigarettes
Read moreSmoke Free Curious launched
CLA and partners launch new site and campaign to support quitting
Learn moreNational quit campaign
Commit to Quit is a national joint campaign funded by Health Canada to help Canadians quit smoking
Learn moreNew vaping regulations announced
Health Canada announces intent to limit nicotine and ban flavours
Read moreVaping marketing restrictions announced
Canada’s new Vaping Products Promotions Regulations aim to reduce impact of vaping promotion on young people
Read morePosition statement on e-cigarettes
A joint statement with the Canadian Thoracic Society
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Tobacco End Game releases report
The Tobacco End Game cabinet releases its report on reaching a less-than-5% smoking rate by 2035
Read moreIncreasing funding for lung health research
Call to match investment to impact
Funds announced in Budget 2025 should be invested in lung health research.
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