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No.75, October 2008
Record penalties of $1.15 billion - Imperial Tobacco and RBH guilty of smuggling (pp.1-4); Cigarillos sales, tobacco advertising, health warnings - Quebec has equipped itself with distinctive regulations to denormalize tobacco even more (p.5); Displays, promotion at the point of purchase - The packs are out of sight but large photos of cigarettes have appeared (p.6); 10^th anniversary of the Law - Clifford Lincoln and Jean Rochon, pioneer ministers (pp.7-9); The hope of a smoke-free life is living well among young people (p.10); Sheisha : stylish but carcinogenic (p.11); The balanced position of the Royal College of Physicians of London -No, snus should not be legalized where it is banned  -Yes, sucking swedish snus is less harmful than smoking tobacco (pp.12-13);  News Briefs (pp.14-16).

No.74, July 2008
Disappearance of retail displays of tobacco products - Scenery is transformed at thousands of points of purchase (pp.1-3); Rules related to cigarillos and tobacco advertising come into effect (p.4); 2700 women and 3600 men - In 2008, lung cancer will cause the death of 6300 Quebeckers (p.5); 9th issue of the “Quit to Win” Challenge - To quit smoking is a goal; to quit with somebody else is a method (p.6-7); Their leaders would accept to discuss the problem - Smuggling of tobacco: pressure increases around the Mohawks (p.8-9); The US Congress prepares to entrust the FDA with the regulation of tobacco products (p.10-11); World No Tobacco Day - Young people send back 16 boxes of cigarette butts to their manufacturers (p.11); Some scientific discoveries which make tobacco even less cool - Smoking does not keep girls thinner but can harm boys’ growth (p.12-13); News Briefs (pp.14-16).

No.73, April 2008
In Quebec, advertisement for cigarettes and cigarillos will have to be plain and drab (pp.1-2); Imperial Tobacco alone with its snus (p.3); Business will remain lucrative for the tobacco multinationals (pp.4-5); Elimination of displays at retail stores: the countdown has begun (pp.6-7); An army of 100 000 health care professionals - Six professional associations commit themselves to tobacco cessation (pp.8-9); After Nova Scotia - Ontario plans to ban smoking in a car with a minor aboard (pp.10-11); A smoke-free rule will be enforced in federal prisons as early as April 30^th (p.11); Federal and provincial budgets include measures to curb smuggling (pp 12-13); News Briefs (pp.14-16).

No.72, February 2008
Study in High Schools - Teens Abandon Cigarettes for Cigars and Cigarillos (pp.1-3); Pro-tobacco Advertising Is Back in Print Media (p.4); January 20-26 - The Quebec Week Is Devoted to Young Smokers (p.5); Canadian Non-Smokers More and More Protected (p.6); France Finally Frees Itself of Smoking (p.7); Legal Reinforcements in Quebec and in Ontario - “Walls of Cigarettes” Banned at the End of May (pp.8-9); Quebec in the Sights of De Facto (p.10); “Best Practices” Reviewed and Corrected (p.11); Financed by the Industry, Canadian Convenience Stores Take On Smuggling (pp.12-13); Time to Register for the “Quit to Win” Challenge (p.14);  News Briefs (pp.15-16).

No.71, December 2007
Fifth National Conference on Tobacco or Health - “We mustn’t take our progress for granted” – Dr. Andrew Pipe (pp.1-3); Edmonton is chosen as the test market for snus (pp.4-5); Breast cancer and premenopausal women: smoking, first or second-hand, doubles the risk factor (pp.6-7); Thrive: Keep the Fire! - First Nicotine Lozenges Hit the Canadian Market (pp.5-6); Tobacco Use in Public Places - When the Ban Lead to Quitting (p.8) - Jolicoeur et Associés Poll - More Than 400,000 Smokers Have Quit in the Past Year (p.9); Smokers Study - In Quebec and in Ontario, One Cigarette Out of Three is Purchased on the Black Market (pp.10-11); Tobacco Killed 37,000 Canadians in 2002 (p.12); New National Strategy - A Goal of 1.5 million Fewer Smokers by 2011 (p.13); Is Denormalisation Still an Issue? (pp.14-15); News Briefs (pp.15-16).

No.70, September 2007
Stunning Victory in Supreme Court – The majority of pro-tobacco advertising remains banned (pp.1-3); Fifth Canadian Conference – More than 500 Delegates Expected in Edmonton (p.3); Cigarette Smuggling – JTI-Macdonald and a Former Executive Will Be Held Responsible for Their Actions (p.4); Tobacco: An Often-Neglected Addiction in Detox Centres (pp.5-6); Second Conference of the Parties to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: the Convention Comes Into Force (pp.6-7); Nicorette Gum Can Now Be Used to Quit Gradually (p.10); Quitting Now Made Mandatory in Federal and Provincial Prisons (p.11); Smoking or Non-Smoking Apartments: The Choice Is Up to Landlords (pp.12-13); CTUMS 2006 – Fall in Teenage Smoking (p.13); Québec Class Action Suits Move Ahead Slowly But Surely (p.14); News Briefs (pp.15-16).

No.69, July 2007
Native Smuggling:  70 Organizations Denounce Government Inaction (pp.1-3); JTI-Macdonald Reference Guide – “Rich” and “Smooth” replace “Mild” and “Light” (pp.4-5); Imperial Tobacco Tries Marketing Snus (p.6); Smokeless Tobacco Is Not A Safe Alternative to Stopping Smoking (p.6); One Year After Its Reinforcement, the Law on Tobacco Remains Widely Respected (pp.8-9); The 8th Annual Edition of the Challenge Draws 25,386 Smokers (p.10); “Smoking on Screen Makes Us Start”, Teenagers Complain (p.11); A Smoke-free Pinel Since 2005 – Tobacco and Psychiatry Don’t Necessarily Go Together (pp.12-13); Quebec Elections – Smoking : A Major Public Health Issue (pp.14-15); News Briefs (pp.14-16).

No.68, April 2007
Supreme Court decision – The federal Law on Tobacco at a turning point (pp.1-3); Reducing consumption can help you stop smoking (p.4); the “J’arrête” line:  85,000 calls over five years (p.5); A Group Prescription for quitting smoking, the “best of both worlds” (p.6); Health Canada approves a new smoking cessation medication (p.7); the Quebec Smoke-free Week thanks you for contributing to a smoke-free world (p.9); Canadians invited to declare their homes and their cars smoke-free (pp.10-11); Decline in federal funding worrisome (p.12); With the help of the Tobacco Act, Quebec smoking are quitting – smoking rates down to between 20 and 22% (pp.13-14); News Briefs (pp.14-16).

No.67, February 2007
Surprising Development in the “Mild” and “Light” File – Competition Bureau Reaches an Agreement with Tobacco Manufacturers (pp.1-3); Flammability:  Most Brands Pass the Test (p.4); No Reprieve to the Tobacco Act – Cigarettes Remain Banned from Bars (pp.5-7); The Smoking Ban Encourages Smokers to Butt Out (p.8); The Challenge in Full Swing (p.9); Beware of Laser Treatments? (p.10-11); Imperial Tobacco Tries to Dress Up Its Image (pp.12-13); Young Canadians Smoke Less (p.14); News Briefs (pp.15-16).

No.66, December 2006
American Cigarette Manufacturers Guilty of Lying About the Risks of Their Products (pp.1-3); The Coalition Demands Stricter Rules For Selling Cigarillos (p.4); Youth Smoking – Tobacco Dependence Develops Earlier Than Thought (p.5); Natives Left to Themselves to Fight Smoking (p.7); In Manitoba, the Smoking Ban Applies on Native Reserves (p.7); False Labelling – Only “Mild” And “Light” Risk Being Banned (pp.8-9); No New Warnings Before 2009 (p.10); “Low Risk” Products Have Little Impact in Canada (p.11); France Prepares to Butt Out (p.12); Law on Tobacco – Success in the School Yard (p.13); The Black Market As Principal Competitor – Imperial Tobacco Demands that Governments Put an End to Native Contraband (p.14); News Briefs (pp.15-16).

No.65, September 2006
Washington Conference – Developing Countries Affected More Severely by Tobacco Globalization (pp.1-3); FCTC slowed by political obstacles (p.4); US parents rallied against movie smoking (p.5); Quebec focused on reducing prevalence to 18% before 2012 (pp.6-7); Quebec's Tobacco Act is still under attack by several bar owners (pp.8-9); Report of the Surgeon General – Secondhand Smoke Risks Reaffirmed (p.10); Quebec and Ottawa Accused of Not Intervening on First Nations Land (p.11); Discount Brands Gaining Ground (pp.12-13); Smoking rates still dropping, especially among youth (pp.14-15); News Briefs (pp.15-16).

No.64, July 2006
Total Respect of the Smoking Ban in Bars and Restaurants – Quebec Breathes Easier Since May 31! (pp.1-4); The Law on Tobacco Waits to Go to Court (p.5); Heather Crowe Has Passed Away, but Her Memory Lives On (pp.6-7); Smoking:  A Financial Hole of $17 Billion (pp.8-9); Cigars, Yes, Mohawks, No, Say Depanneur Owners (pp.9-10); Imperial Tobacco Has Nothing to Say to Canadians (p.11); Vitaminized Cigarettes:  An Old Idea, but A Quebec First (p.12);  A Promising New Anti-Tobacco Treatment – Vareniciline Is Launched on the American Market (p.13); 28, 441 Smokers Participate in the 7th “I’ll Stop, I’ll Win” Challenge (pp.14-15); News Briefs (pp.15-16).

No.63, May 2006
Now Showing:  the Film Tabac, la conspiration [Tobacco, the Conspiracy] (pp.1-3); Quebec Class Action Suit:  All Cases Permitted… (p.4); D Day:  31 May 2006 – Quebec’s Law on Tobacco, New and Improved (pp.5-7); Targets of the Multinationals – Progress in the Fight Against Tobacco in Africa (p.8); News Briefs (p.9); Framework Convention Needs Financial Support (pp.10-11); Limiting the Access of Youth to Tobacco:  A Priority without Unanimous Support (pp.12-13); De Facto Rises from its Ashes (p.14); Neuromarketing in Support – New Warning Labels are Required (pp.15-16).

No.62, March 2006
Quebec Week 2006 -  A Smoke-free World Within Reach (pp.1-3); 2005 Report Card – The Quebec Government from A to E… (p.4); Smoke-free Since 1998, California Bars Are Still a Draw and Still Profitable (p.5); World No Tobacco Day:  Tobacco is Still Fatal Even When Disguised (p.6); Six Organizations Demand a Total Ban on Advertising (p.7); Between 2000 and 2004, the Smoking Rate Falls from 29 to 19% - Barely 1 Quebec Teenager Out of 5 Smoke (pp.8-9);  Tobacco, A Problem of Study? (p.10); The Ragnar Rylander Affair – Infiltration: When Tobacco Money Buys Science (p.11); Nationalization of the Tobacco Industry: the Need for Serious Reflection (p.12);  Universities Delay Rejecting Tobacco Funding (p.13); News Briefs.

No.61, January 2006
Bars Mobilize Against the May 31 Smoking Ban (pp.1-3); 10,000 Smoke Free Pubs Since March 2004 – 96% of the Irish Consider That the Smoking Ban is a Success (pp.4-5); 9th Annual Public Health Days – Understanding Youth in Order to Help Them Stop Smoking (p.6); 9th Annual Public Health Days- Pregnancy:  A Key Time to Quit (p.7); Scientific Breakthrough – Cheek Cells to Uncover Lung Cancer (p.8); Understanding and Treating COPD (p.9); Federal Prisons Now Smoke Free (p.10); Opération Monopole – An Important Network of Smugglers is Disbanded (p.11); Cigarettes Loose Ground in Canada and the United States (p.12); The Challenge Puts on Its Boxing Gloves (p.13); Not for Profit Tobacco Companies? (pp.14-15); News Briefs (pp.15-16).

British Columbia’s Victory in Supreme Court – The Provinces Can Now Go After the Tobacco Companies More Easily (pp.1-3); Ottawa Will Defend the Legality of the Law on Tobacco in Supreme Court (pp.4-5); Fewer Retailers Are Selling to Minors (p.6); Imperial Tobacco Transfers Production to Mexico! (p.7); CIFCOT-2 Paves the Way for an Anti-Smoking Secretariat for the Francophonie (p.8-10); Native Contraband Worries Governments (p.11); The “Switch” Campaign – Quebec Invites Smokers to Butt Out (p.12); Bar Owners Attack Quebec’s Law on Tobacco (p.13); Quebec Class Action Suits – Victims Demand Nearly 23 Billion from Tobacco Companies (pp.14-15); News Briefs (pp.15-16).

Harm Reduction, an Alternative to Quitting Smoking (pp.1-3); 4th National Conference on Tobacco or Health – There is Still a Lot to Do! (pp.4-5); “Not to Kids” Creates a Controversy in Ontario (p.6); 18-24 Year Olds – A Target to be Met (p.7);  Honouring Quebec Parliamentarians for Reinforcing the Law on Tobacco (central pages 8-9); Protection of Non-Smokers – Quebec Joins the Parade (p.10); Herbal Cigarettes – A Whiff of Judicial Nothingness (p.11); Canada Must Aid Francophone Africa in the Fight Against Smoking (p.12); Banning “Light” and “Mild” as a First Step Towards Better Control of Labelling (p.13); Ottawa and Seven Provinces Go After JTI-Macdonald (p.14); News Briefs (pp.15-16).

No.58, July 2005
A Rigourous Law for Quebec – Cigarettes Banned from Bars and Restaurants in May 2006 (pp.1-3); Gray Areas and a Lack of Inspectors Weakened Application of the 1998 Law (pp.4-5); A New Law for the Entire Province – Ontario Strengthens Its Anti-Smoking Measures (p.6); St-Hubert, Cora and Pacini Smoke Free – Three Restaurant Chains Are Ahead of the Law (p.7); Ventilated Smoking Areas Only Protect the Interests of the Industry, According to James Repace (pp.8-9);  Banning “Light” and “Mild” Cigarettes Isn’t Sufficient – We Have to Stop the Fraud of Low Tar Brands (pp.10-11); Sales Fall by 24% in 2004 – Price Competition Surprises  Imperial Tobacco (pp.12-13); More Than 190,000 Participants Over Six Years – Smokers Still Take Up the Challenge in Large Numbers (p.14); News Briefs (pp.15-16).

No.57, May 2005
A First in Quebec – The Superior Court Authorizes Two Class Actions Suits Against Cigarette Manufacturers (pp.1-3); Reinforcement of the Quebec Law – More Than 600 Activists Make Their Recommendations to the Minister of Health (pp.4-7); Point of View – And We’re Off! (p.8); Three Years to Explore the Secret Science of the Industry (p.9); New Warnings in 2007? (pp.10-11); Six Tobacco-free Trials in 2005 – By Free Will or By Force, Formula 1 Liberates Itself from the Industry (pp.12-13); News Briefs (pp.13-16).

No.56, March 2005
The Law on Tobacco will be strengthened – Quebec consults on the style but not on the substance (pp.1-2); Winners only for the 6th “I’ll Stop; I’ll Win” Challenge (p.3); Second Hand Smoke-Free Week (pp.4-5); Women, a Target of Choice for the Industry (pp.6-7); The Application of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control leads to a reinforcement of anti-smoking measure (pp.8-9); Cigarettes will cause fewer fires by the fall (p.10); “Light” and “Mild” Cigarettes:  Experts Want to Force the Competition Bureau to Act (p.11); Significant Victory of Saskatchewan in the Supreme Court – Cigarette Displays Are Banned Once Again (p.12); Imperial Tobacco Canada Under Watch by the RCMP (p.13); News Briefs (pp.14-16).

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