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Subscribe[Upcoming] Nicotine Replacement Therapy Workshop
Are you ready to quit smoking? The Middlesex-London Health Unit is hosting a workshop in London to help you quit. The STOP program delivers research-based, cost-free smoking cessation workshops in local communities. To see if you’re eligible, and to register, please call: 519-663-5317 ext. 2675.
Do Your Part - Help Keep Parks and Playgrounds Tobacco-Free This Summer
London, ON – A year after the City of London’s outdoor smoking bylaw came into effect, less tobacco use is happening within local parks, playgrounds and sports fields. The local bylaw prohibits smoking within nine metres of park recreational amenities such as playground equipment, splash pads, sports fields and spectator areas, and the entrances to municipal buildings such as arenas, libraries and community centres. Through awareness and the self-regulating nature of the bylaw - by which sports fans, parents, and park and playground users encourage each other not to light up - there is less second-hand smoke and tobacco use in the places where people are most active or enjoying time spent outdoors.
Nicotine Replacement Therapy Workshop
Do you want to quit smoking? The Middlesex-London Health Unit is hosting a workshop in London to help you quit. The STOP program delivers research-based, cost-free smoking cessation workshops in local communities. To see if you’re eligible, and to register, please call: 519-663-5317 ext. 2675.
From June 7th to 14th Safe Kids Week Puts the Emphasis on Water Safety
London, ON – With the arrival of warmer temperatures and summer sun, more people will be spending time poolside or at the beach in the coming days and weeks. Because of the risks associated with water activities, the 19th annual Parachute’s Safe Kids Week will focus on water safety, and the prevention of drowning and water-related injuries. From June 7th to 14th, the theme will be: Safe Swimming, Safe Splashing, Safe Kids. The tragic loss of more than 570 Canadian children by drowning in the past 10 years highlights the critical importance of water safety messages, resources and education.
Safe Kids Week
Did you know? June 7-14 is Parachute Canada’s Safe Kids Week, which is an annual public awareness campaign about preventable childhood injuries. The 2014 Safe Kids week theme is Safe Swimming, Safe Splashing, Safe Kids, which highlights the importance of water safety and drowning prevention.
One Life One You Team Celebrates 2014 World No Tobacco Day
London, ON – The Middlesex-London Health Unit’s One Life One You team is joining forces with about 50 teens and youth from the eight health units that make up the Southwest Tobacco Control Area Network (SW TCAN) to celebrate World No Tobacco Day tomorrow. This year’s celebration will be held at Tecumseh Park in Chatham, where the One Life One You and youth from the SW TCAN will take part in the Chatham-Kent Youth Festival.
Campaign Aims to Decrease Road Injuries by Reminding Drivers and Cyclists to Share the Road
Middlesex Centre, ON – Encouraged by warmer temperatures and drawn by a desire to be active, more and more cyclists are riding city streets and county roads. As bicycle riders and motorists find themselves increasingly sharing roadways, the London Middlesex Road Safety Committee has launched an awareness campaign to prevent collision-related injuries and deaths. Using an approach that combines traditional media with highly visible signage, the Share the Road campaign encourages drivers and cyclists to be courteous and respectful of one another, while providing safety margins for vehicles that pass bikes.
Media Advisory: How Wide is a Metre? Share the Road Campaign to Launch in Komoka
The London Middlesex Road Safety Committee will launch its new Share the Road awareness campaign this Thursday outside the Komoka Wellness and Recreation Complex in Middlesex Centre. The campaign is aimed at both drivers and cyclists and highlights the need to provide a space of at least one metre between bicycles and motor vehicles using public roadways.
New Program Aims To Prevent Overdose Deaths in London
London, ON – According to the Chief Coroner of Ontario, 41 people in London and Middlesex County died of prescription opioid drug overdoses in 2012, more than triple the figure from 2011, and double the provincial rate. The human and health-related costs associated with overdose have reached a tipping point, requiring a response from community organizations committed to harm reduction and health promotion. Starting in June, London InterCommunity Health Centre, Regional HIV/AIDS Connection (RHAC), the Middlesex-London Health Unit and the London Area Network of Substance Users (LANSU) will roll out a program to distribute naloxone in the community. Naloxone is a fast-acting, safe and proven opioid overdose-reversing medication.
Skin Cancer Prevention Act Increases Protection For Youth
Starting today, it’s lights out for one of the biggest cancer risk factors for Ontario youth. Ontario’s Skin Cancer Prevention Act, the new provincial law that bans tanning bed operators from providing ultraviolet light treatments to anyone under the age of 18, came into effect today. The World Health Organization has classified tanning beds in its highest cancer risk category, which includes asbestos and tobacco. The Act also requires tanning bed operators to ask for identification from anyone who appears to under the age of 25.