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Peterborough Health Unit Gets Funding To Help Residents Butt Out, Canada 

Dean Del Mastro, Member of Parliament for Peterborough, announced an investment of $263,933 in the Peterborough County-City Health Unit's smoking cessation project on behalf of Health Minister Tony Clement. The funding will allow the health unit to establish comprehensive smoking cessation programs for smokers in the area.

"I'm pleased that Peterborough residents will benefit from this community-based cessation initiative," said Minister Clement. "We know that many adults in the area want to quit smoking - these new programs will help them do that."

This health unit project will focus on high-risk groups including: pregnant women; patients with chronic diseases; and aboriginal populations at Curve Lake and Hiawatha First Nation.

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