Smokefree legislation motivates Quebecers to quit
22 January 2007
A Quebec law
making it illegal to smoke in bars and restaurants has motivated
hundreds of thousands of Quebecers to kick the habit.
About
695,000 Quebecers have tried to quit smoking since the tough new
anti-smoking law went into effect on May 31, 2006, according to a study
made public yesterday. The study by Quebec's Health and Finance
Departments also found that of those smokers, 230,000 managed to quit
in the six months after the law's introduction.
Originally published in the Quebec Gazette
