There’s nothing I take more pride in as a blogger than using my voice to raise awareness about issues that affect public safety. Last November I joined other bloggers across Ontario to let my readers know about the dangers illegal cigarettes posed. Admittedly before the campaign started, I was unaware of how much damage this $75 million dollar crime was causing each year. Most Ontarians didn’t know that the illegal tobacco trade was fueling gun and drug trafficking. They didn’t know that …
This is Why Illegal Tobacco Affects Us All
I was eleven when I tried my first cigarette. Eleven. My youngest is eleven now and every time I look at her I can’t imagine a cigarette dangling between her lips. I can only imagine how absurd I must have looked, all 80 lbs of me, lighting up a cigarette. That one act, led to another and another and by the time I was 16, I was smoking a full pack of cigarettes a day. I smoked for 20 years when all was said and done. Since I quit, I’ve lived in fear that the health consequences have still …
