Simcoe Muskoka District Well being Unit and 7 native hospitals are partnering for the primary time to advertise smoke and vapour-free hospital grounds all through the area
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SIMCOE MUSKOKA DISTRICT HEALTH UNIT
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The Simcoe Muskoka District Well being Unit (SMDHU) and 7 native hospitals are partnering for the primary time to advertise smoke and vapour-free hospital grounds all through the area. The marketing campaign, A Breath of Contemporary Air for Our Hospital Neighborhood goals to remind sufferers, workers and guests of the necessary position they play in protecting hospital grounds smoke and vapour free.
Smoking is the primary explanation for preventable illness and dying in Ontario. In Simcoe Muskoka, practically one-in-five deaths, one-in-ten hospitalizations and one-in-twenty emergency division visits are linked to smoking. Secondhand smoke additionally poses important well being dangers, rising the possibility of growing cardiovascular and respiratory circumstances resembling COPD and lung most cancers amongst adults and bronchial asthma and acute respiratory infections amongst youngsters.
The marketing campaign seeks to bolster and remind sufferers, workers and guests in regards to the very important position they play in sustaining smoke and vapour-free hospital grounds. It options a wide range of supplies, together with posters, banners, digital signage and social media messaging, which can be distributed by hospitals and the well being unit to advertise shared group duty for guaranteeing A Breath of Contemporary Air for Our Hospital Neighborhood.
“Hospitals are places for care and part of that is ensuring an environment that supports good health”, says Dr. Lisa Simon, affiliate medical officer of well being on the Simcoe Muskoka District Well being Unit. “This marketing campaign reminds the general public that hospitals are smoke and vapour-free beneath the Smoke-Free Ontario Act. It additionally goals to help folks of their efforts to not smoke or vape by selling contemporary air areas in and round our hospitals, whereas additionally reminding the general public in regards to the well being advantages of smoke and vapour-free areas.”
A Breath of Contemporary Air for our Hospital Neighborhood marketing campaign begins throughout Nationwide Non-Smoking Week which takes place from Jan. 19 to 25. Space hospitals embody Georgian Bay Basic Hospital, Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare, Orillia Troopers’ Memorial Hospital, Royal Victoria Regional Well being Centre, Stevenson Memorial Hospital, Waypoint Centre for Psychological Well being Care and Collingwood Basic & Marine Hospital.
For data and help to stop smoking or vaping, go to smdhu.org or DontQuitQuitting.ca.
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