{"id":1558,"date":"2007-02-23T12:05:54","date_gmt":"2007-02-23T16:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=1558"},"modified":"2013-01-21T14:54:43","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T19:54:43","slug":"cars-and-cigarettes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/02\/23\/cars-and-cigarettes\/","title":{"rendered":"Cars and Cigarettes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/moneycard.com\/simages\/18020.jpg\" \/>Late notice, but the folks from <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-admin\/www.streetsareforpeople.org\">Streets are for People<\/a> are holding a press conference at noon today at Queen and Bay (NW corner) regarding the Canadian Cancer Society&#8217;s &#8220;Driven to Quit&#8221; challenge, and the &#8220;counter-challenge&#8221; they&#8217;re calling for. From their press release:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>The Canadian Cancer Society, in collaboration with local Public Health departments have challenged Ontarians to quit smoking. That&#8217;s great! It&#8217;s a filthy disgusting habit that&#8217;s bad for public health.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>However, their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.driventoquit.ca\/english\/home\/\">Driven to Quit Challenge<\/a> is a contest to quit smoking and win a new car.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>When smog and air quality is at a crisis level, and the world has finally awoken to the reality of climate change, the Canadian Cancer Society is giving away another car to congest our streets and pollute our air.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>We must keep this car off of our roads.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Those who enter the challenge and manage to quit driving for the month of March will win a prize pack including bicycles and a year of free bike maintenance. The group will also be trying to sign up candidates to quit smoking with the caveat that should they win the contest, the car will be donated for an art project and never have the chance clog our city streets.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It does seem odd that they would pick a car as the prize for this worthwhile campaign. Even the most mild of car critics, or car fans, can recognize there could be a more appropriate prize.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Late notice, but the folks from Streets are for People are holding a press conference at noon today at Queen and Bay (NW corner) regarding the Canadian Cancer Society&#8217;s &#8220;Driven to Quit&#8221; challenge, and the &#8220;counter-challenge&#8221; they&#8217;re calling for. 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