“Tobacco is not a lifetime contract. It’s never too late to quit smoking. »
This is the slogan of the Week for a Quebec without tobacco which begins this Sunday for a 46e editing. Although smoking is still declining in the province, nearly 975,000 Quebecers in 2021 smoked daily or occasionally, according to Statistics Canada.
The Quebec Council on Tobacco and Health recalls that tobacco is an important risk factor for 16 types of cancer and 21 chronic diseases. About 13,000 Quebecers die of it every year.
“Every minute that we don’t smoke, we earn it!” “, underlines the spokesperson for the campaign, the actor, ultramarathoner and ex-smoker Patrice Godin.
For those who want to quit for good, the Quit service offers personalized support online, by phone, by text or in person.