In the year 197172, the Federation participated in the largest national survey ever undertaken on the smoking habits of school children in Canada. The survey was a joint project of the Department of National Health and Welfare, the Canadian Home and School Federation and the University of Waterloo, and involved 3000 lBM questionnaire cards. The final results, con- clusions and recommendations were to be available in the fall of

1973.

In the year 1972-73 the Federation participated in two anti-smoking projects. In one, grades 6, 7 and 8 pupils in the province took part in a poster contest. The enthusiastic response produced 523 entries. The judges picked Janice Dowling of Birchwood Junior High School, Charlottetown, as the winner of the S40 prize. The second prize of $20 went to Karen Jans of Souris Consolidated School and the third prize of $10 was awarded to Shane Cobb of Morell Consolidated School. The prizes were presented by the provincial president, Dr. Karl Winter, at the Semi-annual Convention. The three winning posters were then entered in the National contest. The singular honor of winning the National prize of $100 went to the P.E.l. entry. Karen Jans' poster was picked as the National winner at the Annual Meeting of Canadian Home and School held here in June 1973. The award was presented to the proud Islander by Hon. Bennett Campbell, Minister of Education, In the second project useful input was obtained from groups of high school students as to what constitutes an effective anti-smoking program.

The results sent to the National committee will, hopefully, help future programming,

The Federation also took part in the three-day Eastern Canada Smoking and Health Workshop, the first of its kind, organized by the Department of National Health and Welfare at Moncton in March 1973. The first P.E.|. Conference on Smoking was held in June 1973 as a followup from the Moncton work- shop.

NEW SCHOOL ACT AND TAX ACT

In reading the minutes of executive, Annual and Semi- annual meetings over the past twenty years, one is amazed at how

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