Smoke-Free Movies: Seeing Through the Smoke

This training module provides participants with an overview of the issue of Smoke-Free Movies. Participants will be able to describe the issues behind smoking in movies, the effect it has on youth and the 5 ‘asks’ of the World Health Organization (WHO). Finally, participants learn about what groups are doing to prevent youth from being influenced by smoking in movies.Cette formation est également disponible en français.

Who Should Attend:
Youth interested in advocacy and health promotion

Training Time:
3 hours

Tobacco

Tobacco was responsible for about 13,224 deaths in Ontario and 37,209 deaths nationally in 2002

(The Ontario Tobacco Research Unit, 2006).