The Respondent, Chak Shun Yeung:
Appearing in person
Date and Place of Hearing/Trial:
May 10, June 29, July 12,
August 1, 2001
Vancouver, B.C.
Health of the Children
[18] Ms. Yeung testified that the children have
complained about Mr. Yeung's smoking on his access
visits. It was evident from Mr. Yeung's person and the
papers he presented to the Court that he is a very heavy
smoker. He testified that he will give up smoking if
awarded custody of the children. I take this as
recognition that his smoking may affect the children's
health.
IPSOS / REID POLL
Smoking and Relationships
more than Half (56%) Would Not Date A Smoker
Six in Ten (61%) Say a Dates Smoking Would Decrease Their Attractiveness
WINNIPEG -- Smokers in search of an apartment in Winnipeg will soon have
fewer buildings to choose from now that one of the city's largest landlords
has opted to go smoke-free.
Globe General Agencies, which manages about 5,000 units across the city
and thousands Read More ..ross parts of Canada, will ban smoking for all new
tenants moving into its 75 buildings as of Oct. 1.
Existing tenants who smoke will be allowed to continue, but the company
sees the policy as a first step toward making all its buildings entirely
smoke-free, said president Richard Morantz.
"Really this is just all part of providing a safe and healthy environment
for our tenants," Morantz said Tuesday.
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Exposing children to second-hand smoke is tantamount to child abuse, the
Canadian Lung Association says.
In a controversial statement released Monday to mark Non-Smoking Week,
the venerable charitable organization called on parents to stop smoking
in the home because they are endangering the health of their children.
"Children who are exposed to second-hand smoke are victims in their own
homes - the very environment that is supposed to be safe and
protective," said Noel Kerin, an occupational and environmental medicine
specialist and medical spokesman for the lung association. The
century-old charity was formed to combat tuberculosis, but has turned
its attention to a variety of lung issues, including smoking.
"Second-hand smoke is damaging to a child's health and is tantamount to
child abuse. The evidence is too compelling to present it in half
measures or to worry about political correctness. We have a significant
social and health problem that needs public attention and the associated
pressure of public intolerance to correct it."
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Smokers need not apply," ran a classified ad for a job in Ireland this
past May.
"Why not?" asked Catherine Stihler, a British Labour party MEP, who
posed the question on behalf of one of her constituents. Should women
not apply, either? Or homosexuals? Muslims? What about high-functioning
alcoholics, or fat people?
The answer, from the European Commission that oversees
anti-discrimination legislation in the EU, came back to Stihler this
month: Smokers are fair game for discrimination.
The Canadian Children's Rights Council has seen numerous cases like this
in most provinces or territories.
August 18, 2006
While the children are under the primary care of the petitioner, she shall not
permit the children to be exposed to secondhand smoke. Specifically, there shall
be no smoking within the family home at Fort St. James nor the family vehicle.
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The father
of the children, S.S., smokes tobacco products. N.C.'s mother, D.C., also smokes tobacco products.
The public health nurse stresses that the children were
born premature and that tobacco smoke is an aggravating
factor for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, otherwise known
as SIDS.
When father resided with the family, he and N.C. did not agree that
tobacco smoke was hazardous to health of the children. They
continued to smoke tobacco products. This was evidenced by full
ashtrays being observed in the residence when workers attended. In
addition, N.C. openly said to the public health nurse that she did not
believe that second hand smoke was hazardous to the health of her
children.
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