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Tobacco Taxes: Monitoring Update
OTRU’s most recent Update, Tobacco Taxes, provides an overview of current Canadian levels of taxation for cigarettes and roll-your-own tobacco, and highlights some recent tax increases in various international jurisdictions.
Each year OTRU produces a series of Monitoring Reports to examine the progress of the Smoke-Free Ontario Strategy. Based on qualitative and quantitative data, these reports document changes in the provincial tobacco control climate, including policies, programs, knowledge, attitudes, and behaviour.
Other recent releases in this series:
 Retail Display Of Tobacco Products
Protection from Secondhand Smoke
 New Evaluation Newsletter: Smoking and Quitting Behaviours of Young Men
Using a mixed method approach, this evaluation study assesses the extent to which Ontario’s smoking cessation system meets the needs of young male smokers who are 19-29 years old. We chose this sub-population since data from the latest Canadian Community Health Survey (2005) showed that young Ontario men aged 25-29 have the highest prevalence of current smoking at 39%; almost double that of their female counterparts (21%) and of Ontario’s general smoking population (20%). Preliminary findings are presented in newsletters and a full evaluation report is forthcoming.
 Conference Presentation: The Impact of Smoke-Free Legislation in Ontario on Levels of Second Hand Smoke in Enclosed Public Places
A recent OTRU study has found that eliminating designated smoking rooms (DSRs) has significantly reduced levels of second hand smoke in bars and coffee shops. The study compared levels of second hand smoke in bars and coffee shops before and after the implementation of provincial legislation to prohibit smoking in all enclosed workplaces and public places in Ontario.
OTRU research officer, Bo Zhang, presented study findings at the recent joint conference of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology and International Society of Exposure Analysis. Bo is seen here with fellow conference attendees, Wayne Ott and James Repace.
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