040 The Northern Light April 1979

• Main Author: Newfoundland Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Association
• Other Authors: Matthews, H.R.; Meaney, C.A.
• Format: Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Newfoundland Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Association 1979
• Subjects: Newfoundland Tuberculosis Association; Public Health > Newfoundland and Labrador; Medicine > Newfoundland and Labrador; Health > Newfoundland and Labrador; Tuberculosis > Newfoundland and Labrador; Lung Diseases > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newsletters; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/hsc_lung/id/1146

The Northern Light, April 1979 Contents Page -- Editorial -- Patient Education and Respiratory Diseases -- The Thirty Fifth Annual Christmas Seal Campaign, Still Another Happy Story -- Announcing -- Update - Tuberculosis in Children / E. Knowling -- Health for All -- Facts - Renseignements -- Curbing Asthma -- Smoking Speakout for Kids -- Smoking Habits of Canadians 1977 -- Canadian Council on Smoking and Health - Conseil Canadien sur le Tabagisme et la Sante - Statement of Position on Smoking and Health -- A Christmas Seal Service The Happy Warrior was published January 1943 until January 1947. The Northern Light was published April 1949 until 1986. The Happy Warrior was created by Ted Meaney in an effort to educate Newfoundlanders about the spread of Tuberculosis. Ted Meaney went on to become the first full time secretary of the Newfoundland Tuberculosis Association (NTA), who began publishing The Northern Light in 1949. The NTA was established in 1944, and became The Newfoundland Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Association in 1970. The name Newfoundland Lung Association (NLA) was adopted in 1982.