SmokeFree Ontario Act

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Smoke-Free Ontario Act

• Second Hand Smoke

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Smoke-Free Ontario Act
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Smoke-Free Ontario

• Funded by the Ministry of Health Promotion
• SFO is the most comprehensive tobacco control
  program in the nation
• 3 major goals of the SFOA
• Protection
• Prevention
• Cessation

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Whats new in the Smoke-Free Ontario Act for LTC
Homes
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Controlled Smoking Areas (CSAs) ? Designated
Smoking Rooms

• CSAs are designed to limit second-hand smoke
  exposure outside the room.
• The law stipulates who may enter the area and
  under what conditions, as well as requirements
  for engineering design, function, and maintenance
  of these areas
• CSAs have
• Better ventilation systems
• Double sets of automated doors

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Controlled Smoking Areas (CSAs) ? Designated
Smoking Rooms

• Smoking in a CSA is limited to residents only
• LTC Homes employees are not required to enter a
  CSA
• LTC Homes without CSAs can have a smoking shelter

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Safe Smoking Assessment

• For CSAs, the SFOA stipulates that
• A resident who desires to use the room must be
  able, in the opinion of the proprietor or
  employer, to smoke safely without assistance from
  an employee.

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Smoking Shelters

• Smoking shelters may be constructed for use by
  residents, visitors, and staff
• A smoking shelter can have a roof, and no more
  than 2 walls
• A smoking shelter must be at least 9 M from
  entrance

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Second-Hand Smoke
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Second Hand Smoke (SHS)Annoying or Dangerous?

• SHS is Dangerous
• In January, 1993 the Environmental Protection
  Agency declared SHS as a human carcinogen
• There is no risk-free level of second-hand smoke
  exposure, with even brief exposure adversely
  affecting the cardiovascular and respiratory
  systems

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Second Hand Smoke (SHS)Annoying or Dangerous?

• Effects of SHS
• SHS is harmful to those exposed to it (both
  smokers and non-smokers)
• Every year, SHS kills more than 4000 non-smokers
  in Canada (Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada,
  2006)
• SHS can cause the same health problems and
  diseases as smoking

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Second Hand Smoke (SHS)Annoying or Dangerous?

• How is SHS Dangerous
• More than half of the smoke from a burning
  cigarette enters into the surrounding environment
• SHS smoke contains higher concentrations of
  harmful chemicals
• 2x the nicotine and tar
• 5x the carbon monoxide