Municipal Support for Y.A.A.

Municipal support continues to grow for the Northwestern Health Unit's Youth Action Alliance.

The town of Fort Frances is the latest to pass a resolution calling for continued provincial funding for the youth-focused anti-smoking lobby group.

Dryden, Sioux Lookout and Red Lake councils have also passed resolutions in support of the Alliance.

Health Unit board chair John Albanese says that municipal support is important.

"The resolutions are going to the Premier, the Health Promotions Minister and whoever we can tap into," says Albanese.

Albanese says the Alliance has been very effective with its anti-smoking initiatives, and should be allowed to continue.