Smoking in Alberta hits all-time low

The number of Alberta smokers 15 and older is at an all-time low of 19 per cent, according to new Health Canada statistics.

"It's a real breakthrough to achieve a smoking rate of less than 20 per cent," Les Hagen of Action on Smoking and Health, said Saturday. "It's a significant milestone for the tobacco reduction effort in the province. The figure, released from the first half of 2008, is down from 21 per cent in 2007 and 26 per cent in 1999. But Edmonton and...

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