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Students Together Moving to Prevent Tobacco Use

Additional Resources

Welcome to our library of resources to further support the prevention and reduction of commercial tobacco and vaping use among youth. These resources have been vetted by PHE Canada and are focused around four intervention approaches often used when approaching substance use:

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Ideas for Action: Creating Smoke-Free Communities

A collection of activities that can be delivered in your school or community, as well as communication...

CATEGORY: Equity-Oriented
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Rethinking Conversations Around Youth Substance Use

Created for youth in grades 9-12, this video encourages individuals to support peers who may be struggling...

CATEGORY: Stigma Reduction
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Empathy Video

What is the best way to ease someone's pain and suffering? In this beautifully animated RSA Short, Dr. Brené...

CATEGORY: Harm Reduction
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Substance Use: A Resource Guide for Youth

This document outlines reliable resources for each province and territory that offer support regarding...

CATEGORY: Harm Reduction
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Clearing the Air About Cannabis: What Is Vaping?

Information for teachers, teaching tools, discussion of kinds of programming needed for cannabis education in...

CATEGORY: Harm Reduction
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Not an Experiment

Resources, infographics, videos, quit plan, information and tools to support tobacco and vaping prevention and...

CATEGORY: Upstream Prevention
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Is Tobacco Use a Social Justice Issue in the LGBTQ Community?

This round table discussion titled “Is Tobacco Use a Social Justice Issue in the LGBTQ Community?” is brought...

CATEGORY: Equity-Oriented
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Video: Look Out for Lil Bro - Fresh Empire

The Fresh Empire public education campaign is designed to prevent and reduce tobacco use among at-risk...

CATEGORY: Equity-Oriented