If you are looking for a presentation on vaping for youth please visit www.truthaboutvaping.ca
This award winning anti-tobacco video is appropriate for high school students and young adults. It is a broad view of the tobacco epidemic around the world and as well focuses on the effect of tobacco and tobacco marketing.
The CDC has developed an excellent school resource for junior high and high school students that deals with many current tobacco issues.
Be Tobacco Free is a excellent resource from Tampa Bay, Florida. However, it is important to note the following differences between the US and Canada:
- Advertising of cigarettes both inside and outside retail stores is banned in Newfoundland and Labrador. Counter top displays of cigarettes as well as the tobacco “wall” behind counters are also no longer permitted. (page 4 of resource)
- “Little cigars” or cigarillos with flavours are banned in Canada. Unfortunately the Tobacco Industry is not playing fair and has found a loophole to get around this law. They are now making the “little cigars” slightly heavier and bigger and are selling them with flavours in this manner. (page 6 of resource)
- Promotion of E-cigarettes is banned if it promotes a “healthier choice” message. (page 7 of resource)
If you have something you have been doing with your students that you would like to share with us, we would be happy to post it here!
The Newfoundland and Labrador Alliance for the Control of Tobacco 