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GOVERNMENT SUPPORTS BC LUNG ASSOCIATION'S QUITNOW AND WIN CONTEST
November 24, 2008The contest, hosted at www.quitnow.ca, uses the 'buddy system,' in which friends encourage friends to quit smoking and provide support throughout the quitting process. Both participants and their buddies will be entered to win a range of prizes from $500 Future Shop gift certificates to a grand-prize cruise to Alaska and $7,500 in gift certificates for a total value of $10,000.
Winners of the QuitNow & WIN contest will be drawn on or close to February 3, 2009. Contest entrants must be residents of British Columbia, 19 years of age or over, and must remain tobacco-free from January 6, 2009 through and including February 2, 2009.
Minister Polak (centre), Jack Boomer, Director of QuitNow Services (left) and Keith Murray, volunteer director and president of the BC Lung Association, celebrate the launch of the QuitNow and WIN contest on November 24, 2008.
Minister Polak addresses media and guests at the launch of the BC Lung Association's QuitNow and WIN contest at the Empress Hotel in Victoria on November 24, 2008.
