![]() All pre-show activities will get underway at 5:00 p.m. ![]() In addition to the screening of Finding Dory at tonight’s Smoke-Free Movie Night, the evening will feature games, interactive activities, face painting and a family photo booth. Finding Dory is one of those great movies that can pull you right into the story without relying on tobacco company marketing to hold audiences captivated from start to finish.” “It’s not okay to show tobacco use to kids who are watching the screen so closely, it creates a very real health risk. There’s really no reason why these products and activities should be in youth-rated films at all,” says Linda Stobo, Manager of Chronic Disease Prevention and Tobacco Control with the Middlesex-London Health Unit. ![]() “When children and youth see smoking and tobacco use on-screen it can have a very profound effect, increasing the potential that they’ll start smoking themselves. The Health Unit is again joining its One Life One You youth advocacy group and the Canadian Cancer Society in hosting the family-friendly event which aims to increase awareness about how showing smoking in youth-rated movies can have deadly consequences. Everyone is invited to attend the free Smoke-Free Movie Night, the Health Unit’s fifth such event in the Park, and is encouraged to arrive early with their lawn chairs, blankets and snacks to take part in the activities that begin at 5:00 p.m. ![]() While the sky is expected to be cloudy, the crowd will be filled with smiles and laughs as the Middlesex-London Health Unit brings Pixar Studios’ summer hit Finding Dory to Victoria Park tonight. ![]()
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