Smoking & Tobacco

One of the single most important steps for improving health is to quit smoking. Island Health provides resources to help quit. Additionally, please find information about creating healthy, smoke-free spaces

Everyone has his or her own reasons for quitting smoking or tobacco, like the effects on your health and the impacts on your family.

Why make spaces smoke-free? Because there is no risk-free level of exposure to second-hand smoke.

Tobacco use is one of the single largest threats to the health of individuals and communities in the Island Health region. 

Tobacco-free schools support families to adopt and maintain a healthy lifestyle and help schools take a health-promoting approach to tobacco reduction. 

The Clean Air Bylaw makes all parks, playgrounds, playing fields, public squares and bus stops in the Capital Regional District smoke-free.

What are vapour products and what is vaping?