The Castlegar Sun Wednesday, October 21; 1992 Wednesday, October 21, 1992 The Castlegar Sun Page 7A Please Recycle Smoking and youth Letters to the Editor The need for nicotine isn't only an adult craving KAREN KERKHOFF Sun staff Donna Scaife, 15, started smoking when she was seven. At the age of nine she quit smoking for a year and then started smok ing again at ten. Both of her parents smoked and her brother who is three years her senior also smoked. Currently she smokes about a pack of FIND IT IN THE CLASSIFIEDS the Sun L company, c a day. We've Changed! STRONG a Associates As a result of continued growth as an Advertising, Marketing and Promotions Marilyn Strong, Strong & Associates is pleased to announce that effective Monday October 26, 1992 Strong & Associates will be known -as Owner of We're the Same! 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At this age we don't think of dying of lung cancer or heart disease, we're invincible, a lot of things kill you.” Scaif said that peer pressure had nothing to do with her smok- ing, and she has tried to dump her habit “I have tried cold turkey, reduction and candy, but you just go nuts. It didn’t work. I would love to quit smoking, but | doubt if l ever will. There are people out there who think that just because we are kids that we aren't as addicted as much as some of the adults, but I want people to know we are just as addicted as someone who has smoked for 20 years Four days after this interview Scaife quit smoking. “After thinking about it, and the questions you asked, I decid- ed to quit smoking. *’ The Canadian Cancer Society ‘I know what the ads say about smoking, but you only’live once you know.’ — STEVE HIEBERT age 16 states lung cancer has increased in women more than in men. That would imply that more females are smoking than ever before. David Hogg, principal at Stan- ley Humphries Secondary School said it’s not just females at the secondary school who are smok- ing more. “This year there are more stu- dents than ever who are smok- ing,” he said At the back of the school there is a designated smoking area for students. The students were friendly, open, and articulate, and they were more than willing to share their insight into youths smoking. The information from Scaife and the other students was. both Pressure as her reason for stast- - “All the people I hung around with were ing. Peer pressure never affected me per- sonally. When I first started P ig and bling. Becky Chernoff, 17, tried her first cigarette at 13 “I was curious, I saw my par- ents and other relatives smoking ig there was not that much education that I knew of. After a while I just didn’t care anymore. Like the others said; “you only live once, make the most out of Cory Cavalheiro, 15, and Wally Soukoroff, 16, use ‘the pit’, as the designated smoking area at Stanley Humphries Secondary School in Castlegar. and I wanted to try it. I didn't start seriously smoking until I was fifteen. I now smoke about 1/2 to 3/4 a pack a day Chernoff also puts off peer SUN STAFF PHOTO /Karen Kerkhoft it.’ We get addicted too, just because we are younger doesn't mean we don’t get addicted.” “My parents told me to quit, but it didn't work too well because they smoke too. A lot of people stereotype teens who smoke, They think of us as trou- blemakers. I want people to know that all of us teens who smoke are not troublemakers. We've just become addicted to nicotine, the same as some adults. Does that make them bad?” Steve Hiebert, 16, first ‘My parents told me to quit, but it didn't work too well because they smoke too.’ — BECKY CHERNOFF age 17 experimented with cigarettes when he was hine. “I started smoking last year. My parents used to smoke, but they have quit. My parents don’t want me to smoke, they encourage me to stop. I used to smoke about one pack a day and now I am down to about three cigarettes a day. | guess sometimes kids smoke out of rebellion and to help them relax, but then ,they become addicted. I think that about 75 percent to at least 80 percent of the kids in this school smoke.” Hiebert said he is trying to quit smoking. “I know what the ads say about smoking, but you only live once, you know. I have tried sev- eral times to quit smoking. Once I even smoked a whole pack of cigarettes. I hoped that it would make me puke, but I kept smok- ing. I have also smoked lighter brands and have tried to smoke less.” He advised both teens and adults who haven't started not to. “Once I quit for two weeks Don’t start smoking. Once you Start you can't stop. It's too hard It's too much of an effort to quit.” BCLA rep speaks locally about the hazards of the habit KAREN KERKHOFF Sun staff Fifty per cent of grade six stu- dents at Kinnaird Elementary School have admitted to trying OVER $300,000 IN USED CARS ALL ON SALE LEASING! FINANCING! -ON THE SPOT 100% CREDIT OAC TRY US AT AUL'S LACE LTD. 368-8295 Waneta Junction, Trall Dealer Lic. No. 5888 tobacco. Arlene Kohut, the British Columbia Lung Association edu- cator, was on hand at Kinnaird School October 14, and Valley Vista, and Blueberry Creek Ele- mentary Schools October 19 to further educate students about the health hazards of smoking The students were presented with an informative film called “Smoking-it’s your choice.” The film dealt with the health tisks associated with smoking, such as heart disease, emphyse- ma, and cancer. Some of the facts p 1. There are over 400 poi- sonous chemicals found in cigarette smoke. 2. There have been over 7,818 scientific reports since 1965 that link smoking to health problems. 3. Approximately 15 per cent of B.C. agers smoke to the students were DON'T CRY and many others. hanks / Pastor McGougan Is There Hope For The Pain Of A Hurting Past? 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The average age most teens Start smoking is 12 Some of the students sug- gested that curiosity, peer pres- sure, rebellion, and the need to fit in with the crowd could be some of the reasons why chil- dren start smoking. “The government is thinking of raising the legal age to buy Cigarettes to 19, and they are looking at raising the fine to $100 for those who sell tobac- co to minors,” said Kohut. She also stressed the risks associated with inhaling sec- ond-hand smoke. She suggest- ed that people open windows, turn on fans, or simply leave the room to avoid second-hand smoke The BCLA is celebrating it’s 85th anniversary this year They fund medical research and conduct public and profes- sional education programs. THEYRE BUILT FOR THE LONG HAUL. BUT AT THIS PRICE, THEYLL SOON BE LONG GONE! * 4 Wheel Drive with InstaTrac™ System * 6600 Ibo GVWR (the heaviest in its class) lilt Steering Wheel Tachometer Hp Roadside BEASSISTANCE * V8 Engine 5 Speed Manual Transmission * AM/FM Stereo Cassette Cruise Control + Why | oppose the Charlottetown Accord Dear Edi The following are some of the reasons why I oppose the Char- lottetown Accord: 1. Diminishes rights. 2. Elevates collective rights. 3. Distinct Society for Quebec, to the point of sovereignty asso- ciation, and no more One Cana- da. individual 4. Self-government for aborig- inals ill-defined and incomplete. 5. First ministers’ conferences to be entrenched into the Consti- tution. Ensures big time wran- gling 6. Senate will be 1 1/4 B, not Triple E. 7. Senate will be gutted, spine- less and toothless. 8. 25 % of the seats in the House of Commons (or any other. %) should not and never has been given to any other province; nor has this inherently unequal treat- ment ever been entertained in any democratic country’s federal sys- tem. We are not dealing with cut numbers, Moe and Joe. We are dealing with percent in perpetuity and the inequality of such. 9. Composition of Supreme Court will be d in the Constitution. The U.S. legislature for 200+ years has avoided losing control over the Court in this way. 10. Some Canadians will have (2) votes on October 26. 11. This is not the way to con- struct a Constitution; the process is wrong. 12. This is not a renewal of our Constitution, but instead a wholesale slaughter of our sys- tem of government and insertion of 9,000 words— ambiguous, contradictory, open-ended. 13. Aboriginal senators will be Students Dear Editor: In response to your editorial comment, A Creeping Malaise, I find your comment just that, a comment. It is quite obvious that you did not do any investigative reporting. I was so angered by your article that I cut it out of the paper and showed it to some fel- low students the next day at Selkirk College. They were angered as well If you had done some investi- gating, instead of jumping to con- clusions, you may have found some answers to why very few people went to meet Tom Perry, Minister of Advanced Education, Training and Technology, when he was at Selkirk College. Quiet a few people did not know. he was even there that day, and no, not because they are unconscious. Some people did not see the little notices that promoted his pending visit and others concentrate so much on their studies they are oblivious to everything. If you had wandered down the halls dur- ing his visit you would have found, of all things, students in classes, trying to learn so they can get higher grades and thus beat out the competition getting into even higher learning institu- tions. After all, our classes must come first. Forgive us. Perhaps if you had asked any of the students who seemed to be rushing out, welcoming the weekend at whatever local water- ing hole, you probably would have encountered a few people the ARE MSRP Factory Cashback Southern Interior Dealer Discount Your total price L *2O993 includes Freight & PI in addition to the provincial and territorial senators, but no num- ber is given. 14. Nothing more than a power grab by Ontario and Que- bec. 15. Every province has been given a veto over changing: 1, The House of Commons 2. The Senate 3. The Supreme Court This means that all ( would have all the power, say and final decisions 22. Aboriginal groups would have the right to make represen- tation to the federal government respecting candidates to fill vacancies on the Supreme Court No group should be given a con- stitutional leg up in such matter. 23. We do not need 43 addi- tional MP's. We are already the ty) will have to agree before any of our three national i most prep d popula- tion in Western democracy. « Canada. Immi- can be changed. Simply put, we will never be able to amend our Constitution regarding these three important institutions. gration will more and more be turned over to the provinces. The federal government would be obliged “to conclude within a ble time an ‘ion Joe, your ‘back that “I just got y” is sp and fallacious reasoning. Never again will 17 people, hungry for power, circle Canada in a feeding frenzy and divvy up the country in lengthy horse trading. There simply is not enough country or horses left for anyone to master- mind such a one-time wonder. 16. The Senate will. not be elected. And if we have a coun- try, then its national institutions like}the Senate must be demo- cratically elected from coast to Coast to coast. 17. Fails to offer any antidote to separation. 18. It guts the federal govem- ment’s powers. 19. Increase opting out of national programs. 20. Creates more disunity, with provision for 17 more accords to be worked out and creating a new agency for the Entrenched First Ministers to hassle the federal government. 21. Social and economic union section would not be justifiable. This means the courts cannot interpret it, but the bureaucrats 2) at the request of any province.” 25. Provinces will be given “exclusive jurisdiction” over” 1. Labour market development & training . Cultural matters forestry mining . tourism . housing recreation . municipal and urban affairs 26. Aboriginal governments would be granted the Notwith- standing Clause 27. Fails to remove even a sin- gle one of the 200+ barriers to interprovincial free trade, thus a) keeping intact provincial, para- chioal fiefdoms ‘while b) helping ensure Canada's unemployment rate runs 50% to 125% above that of the U.S. 28. Creates disunity in Cana- da. No’s 1. through 8 and 13, 15, 16, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 and 26 will ensure much more constitu- See REFERENDUM BA Dear Editor: We are told, “It’s not a document, but its the best we could come up with. Hold your nose and vote Yes. 1 would rather thumb my nose at the whole deal, than put up with such an assault on my intelligence. As an old ex-farmer, I had a proven pet theory — “Do the pposite of what the g tells you and you'll be right more than 50 percent of the Hold your nose and vote time.” They are trying to scare the hell out of me, and fear, horror and terror are motivating factors. I am sure that if I let those fac- tors influence me, the West will 1 don’t know how to vote, whether oat of fear, or applying ‘yes'? my pet theory, but I don’t want to look back, someday in the future and refer to this time of discord as ‘the good old days. Our children deserve the troth and our efforts. Without it, all the dreams — ambitions, all the hopes.and all the imagination of what they can become will be lost. Don Marshal Nanoose Bay, BC Participation in recycling program acknowledged Dear Editor: The Castlegar Ad Loc Com- mittee on Recycling and The Rotary Club of Castlegar would like to thank everyone for partici- pating in the recycling program. The U.S.C.C. Youth received 7,600 Ibs. of recylables in September and the Rotary Club of Castlegar in October had 7,300 Ibs. This makes a grand total to date of 38,190 Ibs. of garbage. We have noted a great improvement in how garbage is sorted. People are bringing in recylables separated correctly, neatly bundled, washed glass and sorted cans. This is a great effort on everyones November will be the Castle- gar Weavers and Spinners Guild. We like to welcome them aboard. We are encouraging other groups to take initiative. It is only 1 day a month. If we all chipped in, everyone would only have to do it once every 2 years. I hope we get our recycling depot before we have to go on too much longer. We need a new location and this will be advertised shortly. The weather is cold now and a suitable building is being looked for. Listen to your radios and read angered over previous editorial that were actually on their way to work. Believe it or not, some stu- dents must work to get through school, and I applaud those who have found job. Others were probably rushing to catch their car pool rides, or to the day care to pick up kids, or even home to their families. Still there are others, mostly mature students, who realize that anything we could have told Tom Perry, he would have heard already. Instead of travelling to Castlegar, and wasting taxpayers money, money better spent on improving educational institu- tions in the province, he could have dropped by UVIC, UBC, or BCIT, and heard the same thing. Young people in this country are so disheartened with the future, and I am not referring to the sep- Bluetop Deluxe & Fries o WE 3 includes @.8.T All beet patty with lettuce, pickle, tomatoe & onion. Topped with cheddar & served with homemade fries. ‘Sunday, Sept. 20 - Winter Hours 10 am - 8 pm ‘Castlegar's only drive thru’ AUTHENTIC RUSSIAN FOOD 1521 COLUMBIA AVE. 365-8388 r aration of Quebec, I am talking the real world, their own futures. Will they get a good education, can they afford one, will it get them a good paying job, can they get married, buy a house, and raise a family. Does Tom Perry really need to travel around the the newspapers for the next recy- cling location. MAXWELL SCHOOL OF DANCE | U.S.C.C. Environment Com- mittee and The Rotary Club ~ » Taking Registration For JAZZ CLASSES 5 yrs. and up © Teen Classes ¢ Adult Classes e/a \ 7 Class Sizes are limited Lae eI 365-7458 Monday - Friday LEGISLATIVE Parliamentary Reform SSEMBLY OF BRITISH COLUN See STUDENTS BA KOOTENAY Free Home Estimates SPECIALISTS IN RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL CARPETS + LINOLEUMS * WINDOWS COVERINGS: HARDWOODS & CERAMIC TILE 4370 MINTO RD., CASTLEGAR (INDUSTRIAL PARK) 365-2265 CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS Two referenda questions were presented to-voters on October 17, 1991. The first asked whether the right of ‘recall’ should be instituted in'British Columbia. 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The Select Standing Committee on Parliamentary Reform, Ethical Conduct, Standing Orders and Private Bills has been authorized by the House to examine and Inquire into all matters and issues concerning these two and to make of f rec TIVE wm Came Corrigan Socue™ Mr. Ujjal Dosanjh, MLA 4 irperson Ms. Sue Hammel, MLA Deputy Chairperson to the L This all-party Legislative Committee invites written submissions on all matters and issues relating to the two referenda questions including the introduction of recall and initiative legislation in British Columbia. Submissions will be accepted by the Committee until December 31, 1992. Public hearings are being scheduled and will be advertised. ly. 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