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Info-tabac: Revue
pour un Canada sans fumée
(Magazine for a Smoke-Free Canada)
History
A non-profit organization founded in 1994,
Info-tabac encourages public broadcasting of information on smoking and tobacco issues. Since autumn 1996, we have been publishing a
French-language magazine which shares the name of our organization. Published
five times a year, it is distributed free of charge to members of the tobacco control movement, health professionals, key stakeholders and the media. In October
2004, we moved from a black and white to a full colour format. The magazine is now sixteen pages long, with a press run of more than
6,500 copies.
Info-tabac.ca receives more than 100,000 visitors per year. All of our publications are available on the website in PDF and HTML formats, and our articles can be found via
most search engines. Info-tabac acts as both the observer and disseminator of the latest developments in the fight against tobacco.
In
spring 2010, we expanded and launched an English-language sister
magazine, Tobacco Info, with more than 12,000 copies in
circulation, plus online readership.
Our Mission: To
Educate and to Support
By covering the most recent developments in the field of tobacco control,
Tobacco Info and
Info-tabac ensure that people interested in tobacco issues benefit from complete and factual information. Some
1,000 journalists and researchers receive our
publications. The publications also regularly provide information for articles published by other media and
act as a reference source for various news reports.
A Few of Our
Accomplishments
-
90 issues of Info-tabac published over the past
15 years;
- 8 issues of Tobacco Info
published since May 2010;
- Creation of an electronic index of our archives, photos and audiovisual recordings, which allows us to retrace the events that have marked the history
of the tobacco control movement;
- Publication of “Des fumeurs bien informés” [Well-Informed Smokers] in 2003 and 2004. This 16-page booklet presents and explains
the health warnings printed on cigarette packaging since 2000.
- Exhibitor at the 1st Conférence internationale francophone sur le contrôle du tabac (Montreal, September
15-18, 2002), the Journées
annuelles de santé publique (Montreal, November 29 to December
2, 2004), the 4th National Conference on Tobacco OR Health
(Ottawa, June 19-22,
2005), the 2nd Conférence internationale francophone sur le contrôle du tabac
(Paris, September 18-21, 2005), the 3rd Ontario Tobacco Control
Conference (Niagara Falls, December 4-6, 2006), the 6th National Conference on Tobacco or Health (Montreal, November
1-4, 2009) and the 7th National Conference on Tobacco or Health (Toronto, November
1-3, 2011).
- Series of five one-page
fact-sheets on smoking, published in the fall
of 2008 in four magazines for the greater public: Le lundi, 7 jours, Moi & Cie, and Star Inc., for a total of 265,000 copies per
fact-sheet.
Our Sources of
Financing
Info-tabac obtains its funding from government grants,
sponsorships and
advertising revenue. We accept personal and corporate donations.
Our Team
Denis Côté, Coordinator, dcote (a) info-tabac.ca, 514 525-7025
Mel Lefebvre, Editor-in-Chief, mlefebvre (a) tobaccoinfo.ca, 514
525-7021
Pierre Croteau, Journalist, pcroteau (a) info-tabac.ca, 514 525-7029
Geoffrey Lansdell, Journalist, jlansdell (a) tobaccoinfo.ca, 514 525-7024
Gabriela Blenchea, Administrative assistant, gblenchea (a)
tobaccoinfo.ca, 514 525-7078
(The @ has been voluntarily replaced by (a) in order to avoid spam).
Our Contact Information
Info-tabac
and Tobacco Info
1988, Sainte-Catherine Street East, Suite 205
Montreal, Quebec H2K 2H7
Fax: 514 525-6044
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