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Of Canadian men over the age of 15. 42.2 per cent were nonâ€"smokers in 1973, compared to 42.6 per cent in 1972 and 34.8 per cent in 1965. The 57.8 per cent of the smoking male popuâ€" lation in 1973 was divided as follows: 47.8 per cent regular cigarette smokers, compared to 47.4 per cent in 1972 and 54.6 per cent in 1965; 3.8 per cent ocâ€" casional cigarette smokers, compared to 3.5 per cent "\in 1972 and 3.3 per cent in 1965; 6.2 per cent smoked only pipe and or cigars. compared to 6.5 per cent in 1972 and 7.3 per cent in Invitations of the future may include not only RSVP but also the equally comâ€" pelling NSP (no smoking please). It will mean that GASP has scored a minor triumph. ‘ The noâ€"smoking message will come fromnonâ€"smokers who, though they constitute about 60 per cent of the adult Canadian population, have never defended themselves against health hazards creâ€" ated by smokers. Their tolâ€" erance may be near the breaking point, as evidence piles up on the dangers of secondâ€"hand smoke. To capitalize on that conâ€" cem, the Christmas Seal Association, _ which supâ€" ports research into resâ€" piratory disease, is enâ€" couraging nonâ€"smokers to join GASP â€" the Group Against Smokers‘ Polluâ€" tion. The Waterloo County TB and Respiratory Disease Association,‘ for instance, is _ sponsoring _ National Education Week on Smokâ€" ing. Among the highlights will be the signing today of a bill of.rights for nonâ€"smokers by the mayors of Kitchener, Waterloo and Cambridge. The bill affirms their right to breathe clean air, to speak out and to act to proâ€" tect their lungs. Smoking habits unchanged Smoking habits of Canaâ€" dians have remained relaâ€" tively unchanged from 1972 to 1973, according to statisâ€" tics releaseA last week by National Health and Welâ€" fare Minister Marc Laâ€" londe. The latest figures show that nonâ€"smokers outnumâ€" ber smokers in Canada: 53 per‘ cent of the population 15 years of age and over does not smoke at all, and 60 per cent of the populaâ€" tion over 15 does not smoke cigarettes regularly â€" that is. every day. A slightly greater perâ€" centage of Canadians woâ€" men over the age of 15 were smokers in 1973 (36.3 per cent) than in 1972 (35.7 per cent). continuing a trend evident since 1965, especialâ€" ly in the age group 15 to 19 years. In 1965, 77.8 per cent of Canadian girls in this age group were nonâ€" smokers,. compared to 67 per cent in 1972 and 65.9 per cent in 1973. From 1965 to 1972. the rising percentages of woâ€" men smokers were outâ€" weighed by lower rates for men, to produte lower overâ€" all figures each succesâ€" sive year. The 1973 statisâ€" tics show a halt to this Thursday will be desigâ€" Nonâ€"smokers unite for education week â€" nated as nonâ€"smoking day in the region. _ People who normally smoke will be urged to give it up and reâ€" ward themselves by starting a special bank account with their cigarette money. A Smoking Withdrawal Course is scheduled for the week of January 27 â€" 31 at the Mutual Life Insurance Co. in Waterloo. For more information â€" contact â€" the TB and Respiratory Disâ€" ease Assoc. at 579â€"1140 or 251 King St. W., Kitchener. Other _ objectives _ of GASP are: to open up more breathing space, to support the rights of nonâ€"smokers; to turn public opinion against the social accdptâ€" ability of smoking;, to pubâ€" licize the dangers of secondâ€" hand tobacco smoke. and to eliminate smoking in public places, such as stores, buses, trains, restaurants, hotels, _ offices, _ waiting rooms and hospitals. People with _ asthma. emphysema, heart condiâ€" tions and other respiratory problems actively â€" suffer directly from the irritation of other people‘s smoke and ashes. For others, the damage is more insidious. Without knowing it, their lungs are becoming black and filled with tars from the second hand tobacco smoke, the association warns. trend. While the levels of smoking are close to 1972 levels, the overâ€"all downâ€" ward trend has levelled off with marginal increases in many categories. Statistics, prepared for the Nonâ€"Medical Use of Drugs â€" Directorate _ by Statistics Canada, indicate that those who do smoke. however. appear to be smoking more cigarettes per day. There has been a rise in the percentage of smokers having from 11 to 25 Cigarettes a day and a decrease in the percentâ€" age of the ones smoking from 1 to 10 cigarettes a day. The change of the perâ€" centage of heavy smokers (more than 25 a day) was Campaign â€" material | is We honor . . . 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N. westmount place pharmacy OPEN ... 7 DAYS A WEEK MONDAY to SATURDAY F 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Pamphlets also urge nonâ€" smokers to: be vocal if they don‘t want people to smoke near them ; remove ashtrays from homes and use car ashtrays to hold spare coins; petition to ban smokâ€" ing <in public places; ask politicians to take a stand on noâ€"smoking legislation; register complaints verbalâ€" ly and in writing if nonâ€" smoking areas have not been reserved in aircraft, buses, trains or in any public places, or if they are not beâ€" ing respected; try to get cigâ€" arette machines out of hospitals and enforce a noâ€" smoking rule in hospitals; ask hotels to set aside ‘enâ€" vironmental quality‘ rooms for nonâ€"smokers; urge drug stores not to sell cigarâ€" ettes; have dirty ashtrays removed from restaurant tables or lunch counters; urge doctors and dentists to ban smoking in their waiting rooms; learn laws about where smoking is prohibited and report violations; proâ€" pose a noâ€"smoking policy at meetings and take a vote on it; at meetings where a vote is not feasible, pass around a card titled A Poâ€" lite and Reasonable Reâ€" available from the TB and quest which tells smokers Respiratory Disease office. their consideration would be ir:_cl:ding whligel bult'bu;nns‘ appreciated in refraining suickers ich say from smoking or stepping You for Not Smoking, signs uoo couccce . gfemaare g plus a variety of posters. MAE + The increase of the numâ€" ber of cigarettes smoked every day by regular smokâ€" ers indicate the strong dependency produced by nicotine. negligible. HOLIDAYS 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. SUNDAYS Waterioo The Nonâ€"smokers Bill of Rights was recently adopted by Ontario Minister of Health Frank Miller, Ontario Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Assoâ€" ciation president W.E. Mighton and Ontario Thoracic Society president Dr. Arthur A. Scott. Waterloo Mayor Herb Epp endorsed the document at a special ceremony this afternoon. The bill was also signed by Kitchener Mayor Edith Macintosh and Cambridge Mayor Robert Kerr. 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