Aboriginal Tobacco Strategy: Honouring Our Health

An Aboriginal tobacco strategy for British Columbia. This 47-page book is designed to protect and promote the health and well-being of Aboriginal people and their traditions by stopping tobacco misuse.

Take a look at BCs Aboriginal Tobacco Strategy at www.health.gov.bc.ca/aboriginal/pdf/honouring.pd

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Aboriginal Tobacco Resource List

Go to a page of additional Aboriginal Tobacco Resources

Ashley’s Addiction

Follow the smoke to see how Ashley’s Addiction shapes the course of her life from age 14 to 41.

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Heart Smart Kids K-3 / bc.tobaccofacts K-3

Produced by the Heart and Stroke Foundation with support from the Ministry of Health, this teacher resource was created to address tobacco and other health-related issues with students in kindergarten to grade 3.

If you are interested in training to deliver this resource, contact the Heart and Stroke Foundation at 1-888-473-4636.

bc.tobaccofacts Intermediate

Grades 4, 5, 6 and 7 bc.tobaccofacts are individual binders containing a series of lessons culminating in a special event that celebrates the students’ learning.
Lessons in the units are designed to help students make healthy choices about using tobacco. The learning outcomes are integrated with existing BC curricula. When delivering any of the lessons, teachers are also teaching the prescribed learning outcomes of the Personal Planning K-7 Integrated Resource Package. As well, the lessons link closely to other curriculum areas such as English Language Arts, Fine Arts, Social Studies, Mathematics and Science.

Each module contains lesson plans, teaching strategies, teaching info sheets, contacts, resources, transparencies and posters.

bc.tobaccofacts is available to BC teachers. A courtesy copy is available to tobacco jurisdictions outside BC.

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bc.tobaccofacts Secondary

The grade 8 – 12 bc.tobaccofacts builds on the attitudes, skills and knowledge developed in the elementary programs. Each grade level is organized around three major inter-related components:

Career and Personal Planning Lessons: Each grade level has a series of activity-oriented lessons to help students make healthy choices about using tobacco.

Activities: The teen-centred, fun activities are short-term projects. These activities will contribute to fewer youth choosing to use tobacco and help support teen smokers to quit.

Projects: These long-term projects lead to social action to prevent teen tobacco use.

Each grade module contains a Tobacco Backpack. This includes fact sheets about tobacco prevention and cessation and a teaching strategies section. Useful organizations, phone numbers and web pages are listed in Contacts/Resources.

bc.tobaccofacts is available to BC teachers. A courtesy copy is available to tobacco jurisdictions outside BC.

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Barb Tarbox Video and Discussion Guide

A video about Barb Tarbox – a courageous 41-year-old mother who lost her battle with lung cancer caused by cigarette smoking – is now available in BC. This video is an excellent companion tool for bc.tobaccofacts. It is strongly recommended that teachers or facilitators preview the material, as the emotional content is very strong. Available in English and French.

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ID Checkpoint

A tool kit for retailers in BC who sell tobacco products. Gives an overview of the BC Tobacco Sales Act and the federal Tobacco Act, enforcement procedures and penalties for not complying. Also includes a training guide for staff and an information leaflet for store clerks.
Available to BC retailers and enforcement officers; not available outside BC.

Take a look at the ID Checkpoint resource at
www.health.gov.bc.ca/tobctrl/pdf/toolkit.pdf

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Kick the Nic: A smoking cessation program for teens

Includes all the materials needed to hold a 10-week Kick the Nic stop-smoking session: step-by-step facilitator’s guide, program handbooks, tar bar stickers and buddy support cards. An orientation video is also available to help new facilitators.

Multiple copies are available to master trainers who provide orientations. Facilitators may re-order supplies once their first evaluation has been completed. Individual requests outside BC not available; however, other provincial ministries of Health may order up to 20 complete packages.

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Should I Quit Smoking Now?

Produced in partnership with the BC Doctors' Stop Smoking Program, this brochure helps you test your readiness to quit smoking, and includes some pointers to increase your chance of success.

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On the Road to Quitting

Adapted for BC with permission of Health Canada, this step-by-step self-help guide will help smokers get a running start on quitting. Smokers find out more about their relationship with cigarettes and explore quitting options. It equips them with the latest tools to deal withy withdrawal and overcome other roadblocks to success.

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Tobacco Industry’s Poster Child

This poster shows the effects of smoking on a young girl’s body.

Single copies of this poster are available to individuals and organizations.

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Science Tobacco and You

Produced by Health Canada, this program contains an easy-to-use, interactive CD-ROM, and a teachers’ resource guide with non-sequenced sample lesson plans, short, fun assignments, and a series of student Quest cards. This program is ideal for health, science, arts, drama and mathematics programs. It is designed to complement the bc.tobaccofacts program already in schools.

If your school does not already have a copy, order one at
www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hl-vs/tobac-tabac/res/audience/teacher-enseignant/index_e.html

Sucked In

A large poster that illustrates the many toxins and additives found in cigarettes and cigarette smoke.
Single copies of this poster are available to individuals and organizations.

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Talk About It Tips

The most important thing you can do to keep your child from starting to smoke is to Talk About It. This booklet provides helpful tips on having that important conversation, even if you are a smoker.
One copy available to anyone within BC on request; not available outside BC.

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