Mike Davenport spent the afternoon of his 50th birthday last Wednesday the same way he’s spent many, many afternoons over the past five years.
Enclosed in a glassed-off little room in the Piazza Manna restaurant at the foot of Bay St., Davenport was bellied up to a bar and puffing contentedly on a series of cigarettes.

It’s [...]

Heather Crowe, known as the face of Canada’s anti-smoking movement, has succumbed to lung cancer in Ottawa at the age of 61.
The long-time waitress, who never smoked, is widely known for television ads in which she describes how she contracted cancer from second-hand smoke at the restaurant where she worked for 40 years. She was [...]

There is a joke about Quebecers that says they smoke like it’s a cure for cancer.
Although the number of smokers in the province has dropped substantially over the past decade, the reputation persists and it’s with more than a little trepidation that Quebec counts down the days to a full-fledged ban on smoking in public [...]

Quebec Health Minister Philippe Couillard has acknowledged there will be “undercover” inspectors in the province’s bars and restaurants to make sure a new anti-smoking law is enforced when it comes into effect May 31.

The new legislation will ban smoking in all public indoor places, including bars and restaurants. Some critics say the province has not [...]

Students at the University of Alberta voted in favour of bringing in a controversial smoking ban that could eventually force smokers off the university campus before they light up.
While the vote would need support from university administration for the ban to be passed, 60 per cent of the undergraduate student voters voted to ban students [...]