Today is World No Tobacco Day and Ottawa Public Health (OPH) is celebrating Ottawa’s smoke-free champions.Yesterday, May 30th at 7:00pm, Catherine O’Grady, Executive Producer of the International Children’s Festival and the TD Ottawa Jazz Festival was honored with a Smoke-Free Champion Festivals Certificate presented by Dr. Isra Levy, OPH’s Medical Officer of Health and Dr. Atul Kapur, member of the Ottawa Board of Health and President of Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada.The International Children’s Festival and the TD Ottawa Jazz Festival became voluntarily smoke-free in 2011. The leadership of their Boards of Directors and Executive Producer, Catherine O’Grady has created smoke-free events for the young and young at heart to enjoy. OPH urges other festivals that are not located on municipal properties to consider making their events smoke-free.Congratulations Catherine!To learn more about Ottawa’s new smoke-free regulations, or if you need help quitting smoking, please visit ottawa.ca/smokefree or call 3-1-1. read more..
Thursday, 14 June 2012
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Tuesday, 12 June 2012
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Yesterday was World No Tobacco Day and Ottawa Public Health (OPH) celebrated by recognizing Ottawa’s smoke-free champions.Yesterday, May 31st at 6:00pm, John Brooman, Executive Director, The Tim Hortons Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival was honored with a Smoke-Free Champion Festivals Certificate presented by Councillor Maria McRae, member of the Ottawa Board of Health and Dr. Rosamund Lewis, OPH’s Associate Medical Officer of Health. The Tim Hortons Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival was the first festival to become smoke-free voluntarily 4 years ago. The leadership of their Board of Directors and Executive Director, John Brooman has created an event for both athletes and spectators to enjoy. OPH urges other festivals that are not located on municipal properties to consider making their events smoke-free.Congratulations John!To learn more about Ottawa’s new smoke-free regulations, or if you need help quitting smoking, please visit ottawa.ca/smokefree or call 3-1-1. read more..