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RESOURCES FOR YOUTH:
SUBSTANCE USE & ADDICTIONS: TOBACCO USE
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For more information, see our Health Topics section on Tobacco
Use.
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A Tribe Called Quit… |
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| Aboriginal Youth
Network |
English/French |
Presents an on-line tool that helps aboriginal youth both
resist smoking and stop smoking. Provides information resources
and an electronic discussion group. |
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Cyberisle |
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| TeenNet Office |
English/French |
An interactive site built by teens for teens. Offers resources
on smoking prevention and quitting smoking, as well as a wide
range of other topics, including drug abuse, sexuality and
safety. |
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Quit 4 Life |
Ages 12 - 18 |
| Health Canada
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English/French |
Q4L is designed to help Canadians aged 12 to 18 quit smoking,
even if you're just an occasional smoker. Use it to learn
some new death-defying skills. Build your motivation and confidence
to quit smoking using our 4-step plan. Learn about the roadblocks
to quitting. Find out how to deal with stress. |
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Smoke -
FX |
Ages 12 - 15 |
| Ontario Tobacco
Strategy |
English |
This site is designed to reach youth with tobacco control
messages and news of local tobacco-related activities. |
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Stupid.ca |
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| Government of
Ontario |
English |
Information, resources, and activities about tobacco. |
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The Industry |
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| Health Canada
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English/French |
This site gives facts about the industry and how the media
manipulates our decisions. |
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The
Lung Association - Especially for Students |
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| The Lung Association
Canada |
English/French |
This site gives students lung health information, games and
puzzles, and links to the health and tobacco site for teens
and youth advisory committee website. |
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The Scoop |
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| Health Canada
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English/French |
Stats about smoking. |
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Tobacco
Facts |
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| Tobacco Control
Programs, Government of British Columbia |
English |
This site includes the following links: games, quitting, second
hand smoke, tobacco truth, parent's information, teacher's
resources, and other general resources. |
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Tips 4 Youth |
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| Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention |
English |
Information, resources, and activities about tobacco. |
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Barb Tarbox: A Life Cut Short by
Tobacco |
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English/French |
Available
at:
AFM William Potoroka Memorial Library (VTR/HV 5745/.B3/2003
(English) (borrow) (Toll-free: 1-866-805-8885) |
After being diagnosed with terminal lung cancer in September
2002, Barb Tarbox devoted the last months of her life to speaking
out about the dangers of smoking. She died May 18, 2003 –
one of the more than 45,000 Canadians who die each year from
tobacco-related diseases. This video contains powerful and
emotional material that reinforces the tobacco reduction messages
Barb was able to deliver in person. We recommend that you
preview the video and discussion guide before using them.
Some content may be disturbing for preteens and should be
discussed after reading or viewing. |
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Leader of the Pack |
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English |
Available
at:
AFM William Potoroka Memorial Library (KIT/HV 5740/.L4/2003)
(borrow) (Toll-free: 1-866-805-8885) |
Henry meets up with Smokey, an animated cigarette who lures
Henry into a special amusement park with rides like The Tar
Pits, The Amazing Aging Machine and an exhibit called The
Boy Who Couldn’t Stop Smoking. Henry quickly learns
about the hazards of cigarette smoking. |
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McGruff’s Kids Files: Tobacco |
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English |
Available
at:
AFM William Potoroka Memorial Library (VTR/HV 5740/.M3/200-)
(borrow) (Toll-free: 1-866-805-8885) |
McGruff, The Crime Dog, and his teenage friend Jason use interviews
with health experts and smokers to help students discover
the “burning issues” about tobacco use. The program
covers tobacco’s addictive properties, the harmful chemicals
it contains, and its role in causing many serious illnesses.
Presents information on how cigarette advertisers target young
people in their ads and the dangers of secondhand smoke. |
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Quit Before it is Too Late! |
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English |
Available
at:
AFM William Potoroka Memorial Library (VTR/HV 5745/.Q3/1999)
(borrow) (Toll-free: 1-866-805-8885) |
In this video, teens and adults discuss why they started smoking,
how much they smoke, why they continue to smoke, as well as
reasons for quitting. The video also discusses myths about
smoking and the effects of the tobacco industry’s advertising
efforts on youth. |
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Real People: Smoking: The Burning
Truth |
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English |
Available
at:
AFM William Potoroka Memorial Library (VTR/HV 5745/.R4/1999)
(borrow) (Toll-free: 1-866-805-8885) |
Program provides basic facts about the risks involved in smoking,
and cites statistics related to the rise in teen tobacco use.
Explores the influence of the media – both advertising
and movies – on teens’ decision to smoke. One
teen discusses his ongoing effort to quit a heavy tobacco
addiction developed after he began to smoke with friends when
he was thirteen. Another teen reports that now that she has
become addicted, smoking no longer seems glamorous. |
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Real People: Talking About Tobacco
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English |
Available
at:
AFM William Potoroka Memorial Library (VTR/HV 5824/.Y68/R4/1999)
(borrow) (Toll-free: 1-866-805-8885) |
Series: Real People - Alerts viewers to the ease with which
a tobacco addiction develops, examines why kids take up smoking,
underscores how hard the habit is to break. Cites the harm
tobacco – cigarettes, cigars, pipes, chewing tobacco
– causes to mouth, heart, throat and lungs. |
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Second Hand Smoke |
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English |
Available
at:
AFM William Potoroka Memorial Library (VTR/HV 5748/.12/1999)
(borrow) (Toll-free: 1-866-805-8885) |
If you live with or are around a smoker and you don’t
smoke, you only think you don’t smoke. Being in the
vicinity of a smoker means inhaling the equivalent of a pack
of cigarettes a week. The dangers of second hand smoke are
explained with some ideas on how to eliminate this irksome
and unhealthy environmental hazard. |
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Smoking: The Toxic Truth |
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English |
Available
at:
AFM William Potoroka Memorial Library (VTR/HV 5745/.S5/200?)
(borrow) (Toll-free: 1-866-805-8885) |
This video seeks to provide young people with the right information
about tobacco danger. It presents facts, exposes myths, and
shows the true danger of tobacco to middle school and high
school students. They will learn that smoking is a nasty,
unattractive habit that is highly addictive and, eventually,
will kill you. |
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Teen Challenge: Get Your Butts Out
A Here! |
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English |
Available
at:
AFM William Potoroka Memorial Library (VTR/HV 5745/.T44/1998)
(borrow) (Toll-free: 1-866-805-8885) |
This cartoon is intended to be used as a motivator and an
adjunct to smoking cessation approaches for young people.
It shows, by example, that by gaining knowledge and utilizing
special skills and strategies it is possible to stop smoking. |
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The Tobacco Horror Picture Show
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English |
Available
at:
AFM William Potoroka Memorial Library (KIT/HV 5740/.T6/1998)
(borrow) (Toll-free: 1-866-805-8885) |
This program presents the risks of tobacco in two dramatic
ways. First, the high-concept scenes present a ghoulish atmosphere,
with tobacco exposed for what it really is; the malevolent
main character in an ongoing horror story. Second, past and
present smokers describe their own frightening stories of
addiction, illness, and fear. Together, these approaches create
a dynamic message of choice over addiction, and life over
death. |
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Where There’s Smoke |
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English |
Available
at:
AFM William Potoroka Memorial Library (DVD/HV 5748/.W4/2005)
(borrow) (Toll-free: 1-866-805-8885) |
Looks at one of Canada’s most contentious public health
issues. The voices come from the heart of tobacco country,
in southern Ontario. Once a prosperous crop for the region,
the “golden leaf” is known to cause the death
of some of 45,000 Canadians every year, and health groups
cite the alarming increase in cancer and teen smoking. The
powerful anti-tobacco lobby has set its sights on the town
council of Norfolk County, which is pushing for a ban on smoking
in public facilities. As decision day approaches, all eyes
are on the feisty mayor to break a tie vote. Woven throughout
is the poignant story of Heather Crowe, a non-smoking waitress
diagnosed with lung cancer caused by second-hand smoke. As
the war over tobacco regulation heats up, this insightful
documentary provides a report from the front lines. |
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