Alberta medical students take case against flavoured tobacco products to provincial government

Medical students from Edmonton and Calgary are meeting with Members of the Legislative Assembly on Monday, Nov. 4 to advocate for a ban on flavoured tobacco products. Since 2008, medical students from across Alberta have gathered once a year at the legislature for Political Action Day, lobbying the provincial government about an important health-care topic. This year, there will be about 53 medical students meeting with MLAs. The students hope banning flavoured tobacco products, such as menthol cigarettes, flavoured cigars/cigarillos, water pipe tobacco or chewing tobacco, will deter youth from smoking. Read more here.