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Please refer to and save or download the PDF documents below in order to promote Time to Quit. Quit smoking today.
| Time to Quit Poster | Smoker’s Helpline |
| Quit Smoking Tips | Patient Poster |
| Quit Smoking Hamilton | Smokers Helpline – Colour / Smoker’s Helpline |
It’s a safe bet that virtually everyone in Canada knows smoking is bad for your health. Many years of anti-smoking campaigns, and widespread prevention programs in schools, the workplace and in the community, have driven the message home that smoking is deadly.
In Ontario alone, smokers account for a half million days of acute hospital care annually. Thirty-five Ontarians die each day from tobacco-related illness, tallying 13,000 premature and avoidable deaths each year. Fully one-half of all smokers will die from smoking-related diseases, including cancer, cardiovascular disease and lung disease.
HAMILTON, ON, Jan. 17 /CNW/ – In honour of National Non-Smoking Week, The Hamilton Academy of Medicine is proud to introduce, It’s Hamilton’s Time to Quit, a campaign designed to increase awareness about local quitting resources and tools to help the community understand the support that is available, and encourage people to seek the assistance they need to stop smoking. Read more…
THE OFFICE WILL BE CLOSED ON THE FOLLOWING DATES:
Friday December 24/10 – for the Christmas Holiday
Monday December 27/10 – for the Boxing Day Holiday
Friday December 31/10 – for the New Years Holiday
On December 28th and 30th – there will be no RN in the office. Monday Dec 20th, Tuesday Dec 21st and Thursday Dec 23, 2010 we will be working regular office hours.
These clinic are for the following individuals:
* 65 yrs of age and older
* high-risk patients (Diabetics, Heart Surgery,Cancer,)
* children ages 2-4 (and their siblings and care-givers)
You must bring your valid Healthcard with you when you attend the clinic.
See you There…
Please check out the Micardis page and video on my website for valuable information related to the medication.
“Healthy Living and Lifestyle.” Visit mdtravel.ca for details on this trip.