In The News

2020 News

August 2020: Lung Association Legacy Research Grant funds for COVID-19 and vaping research

RELEASE 

July 2020

CLA release on new Health Canada Vaping regulations: https://www.lung.ca/news/latest-news/new-vaping-regulations-steps-right-direction

June 2020

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/nova-scotia-eases-covid-19-restrictions-high-risk-wait-1.5619502

May 2020

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/health-care-government-regulations-vaping-nicotine-1.5564215

https://www.thechronicleherald.ca/opinion/local-perspectives/robert-macdonald-nova-scotians-with-lung-health-issues-counting-on-us-445873/

February 2020

https://www.thechronicleherald.ca/news/provincial/scotchtown-volunteer-firefighters-top-provincewide-competition-415418/

https://globalnews.ca/news/6558417/n-s-lung-foundation-fundraiser/

2019 News

December, 2019

RELEASE: The Lung Association of Nova Scotia commends provincial government for ban of flavoured e-cigarettes

https://www.halifaxtoday.ca/local-news/dalhousie-study-proves-effectiveness-of-plain-cigarette-packaging-1893690

https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/nova-scotia-first-province-to-ban-flavoured-e-cigarettes-and-juices-1.4716489

November, 2019

RELEASE: https://novascotia.ca/news/release/?id=20191121003

RELEASE: Lung Association of Nova Scotia releases COPD health system analysis findings on World COPD Day (November 20)

COPD Health System Analysis

https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=1820510

https://globalnews.ca/news/6218307/dalhousie-researcher-award-plain-cigarette-packaging/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/nova-scotia-radon-gas-purchasing-100-detectors-1.5368116

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/vaping-e-cigarettes-smoking-tobacco-law-ns-legislature-health-committee-1.5356389

https://www.thechronicleherald.ca/news/local/dalhousie-nova-scotia-lung-association-study-backs-benefits-of-plain-cigarette-packaging-380522/

October 2019

https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=1795396

August 2019

https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/program-gives-nova-scotians-with-sleep-apnea-easier-access-to-cpap-machines-1.4374190

https://www.halifaxtoday.ca/local-news/ns-lung-association-wants-people-to-think-twice-about-vaping-and-e-cigarettes-1650297

May 2019

https://www.saltwire.com/news/local/with-plain-tobacco-packaging-on-the-way-nova-scotia-lung-association-weighs-in-307597/?location=nova-scotia

April 2019

https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/program-gives-nova-scotians-with-sleep-apnea-easier-access-to-cpap-machines-1.4374190

March, 2019

CLA RELEASE: Federal Budget: Promising start but more needs to be done

https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/parents-in-n-s-community-concerned-about-influx-of-vaping-stores-near-schools-1.4352745

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2019/03/09/ns-lung-association-raises-concerns-over-number-of-youth-using-e-cigarettes.html

https://www.iheartradio.ca/big-dog-100-9/news/nova-scotia-lung-association-raises-concerns-over-number-of-youth-using-e-cigarettes-1.9001549