Our policy and advocacy priorities:
Tobacco, vaping and nicotine
The fight against tobacco use, and now vaping, has long been a priority for the Canadian Lung Association.
Tobacco industry
National Non-Smoking Week 2025
Reflecting on how the tactics of the tobacco industry have evolved over our 125-year history
Advocacy victory
Government changes rules for nicotine pouches
CLA was one of the national organizations that successfully advocated to limit the availability of nicotine pouches.
Tobacco industry
Proposed settlement announced
Responding to a proposed settlement in Canada's decades-long tobacco industry lawsuits
Global presence
CLA at COP10 in Panama
Attending the 10th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP10) to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control as the Health Canada NGO Representative
Press conference
Urgent action on nicotine pouch sales
With other health advocates on Parliament Hill in November 2023, calling on the prevention of nicotine pouches sales to children
Press conference
Vaping is not for Kids
Supporting Ontario NDP MPP France Gélinas's Vaping is not for Kids bill at Queen's Park in April 2023.
Tobacco industry
Move toward cost recovery
Responding to draft legislation for a tobacco industry cost-recovery fee in the 2023 Fall Economic Statement
Tobacco industry
Support for cost recovery
New poll shows significant support for settlement funds being used to reduce smoking
Report
Reaching tobacco targets
The Tobacco End Game cabinet highlights what's needed to reduce smoking to 5% by 2035
Position statement
A call to increase the safety of vaping
A joint statement from the Canadian Lung Association and the Canadian Thoracic Society
Our policy and advocacy priorities:
Air quality
Cross-border collaboration
Wildfires know no borders
Working with the American Lung Association to reduce health impacts of wildfires
In the media
Op-ed in the Hill-Times
Along with the Pembina Institute, we published an article in the March 20, 2024 issue of the Hill-Times, about the true cost of gas-powered vehicles.
Government announcement
CLA helps announce new EV targets
Sarah Butson spoke at the Federal Government's December 2023 announcement of new EV sales targets in Canada.
Call-to-action
Protecting children from diesel exhaust
A call to accelerate the shift to all-electric school bus fleets on Healthy Environments for Learning Day (HELD), April 2023
National campaign
"My radon story"
Launching a campaign to raise awareness of the importance of radon testing on World Cancer Day