The entire department is trying to get more into prevention and when we put out reports and it’s necessary to indicate that the cause of this cancer is this or the human behaviour here is causing this type of cancer, then that can be something that we are working on. Whether or not the causes of each of the types of cancer are going to be specifically indicated in the cancer report that we’re going to be bringing out in 2012, I haven’t seen the report so I don’t know if that information will be there. But, yes, we are trying to get the message out. That’s the idea, is to get the message out to people that smoking does cause cancer. I think that’s very clear and our intention is to point out those factors each time we’re dealing with the issue of cancer or other sicknesses like diabetes.
Tom Beaulieu on Question 46-17(1): Statistical Reporting Of Cancer Rates In The NWT
In the Legislative Assembly on December 12th, 2011. See this statement in context.
Question 46-17(1): Statistical Reporting Of Cancer Rates In The NWT
Oral Questions
December 11th, 2011
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