CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne
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At a meeting with federal health minister Diane Marleau on Nov. 16, 1995, the CMA and other health organizations were told that the minister plans to propose comprehensive measures to limit the manufacture, sale and marketing of tobacco products. On Dec. 11, 1995, the minister announced a "Blueprint on Tobacco Control," which outlined the scope of her plan to introduce tobacco legislation in the spring. ⋯ It also advocates regulating tobacco as a hazardous product in the meantime. Physicians can take a wide variety of actions to intervene with patients and add their voice to antitobacco lobbying efforts in 1996.
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There has been an abrupt change in Canadians' attitudes toward gambling. Almost all forms of gambling used to be illegal, but cash-strapped governments have recognized this new and healthy source of revenue and have become the biggest bookies in the country. Gil Kezwer sought responses from physicians and gambling experts about the implications of Canada's love affair with all types of gambling.