Nanaimo

When tobacco is used in a non-traditional manner, like smoking cigarettes or chewing tobacco, it can cause lung diseases, lung cancer, mouth cancer, heart disease, cancers of the upper respiratory tract, and risks during pregnancy. Non-traditional tobacco use includes smoking cigarettes, hookahs, using smokeless tobacco like chewing tobacco, snuff and snus.

You can get free NRT and/or prescription medication through the BC Smoking Cessation Program as well as the First Nations Health Benefits.

Visit the website below for factsheets, further information, and resources specific to your community (by contacting Respecting Tobacco team).