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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
Harvey Skinner, PhD, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto, McMurrich Building, 12 Queen's Park Crescent West, Toronto, ON M5S 1A8, Canada, 416-978-8989, harvey.skinner@utoronto.ca, Cameron D Norman, MA, Department of Public Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, McMurrich Building, 12 Queens Park Crescent West, Toronto, ON M5S 1A8, and Oonagh Maley, MISt, TeenNet Project, University of Toronto, Room 121 FitzGerald Building, 150 College Street, Toronto, ON M5S 2E2, Canada.
The Internet offers innovative solutions for engaging youth in smoking prevention and cessation For example, the TeenNet Project (lead by Harvey Skinner, Department of Public Health Sciences) has worked with youth to create The Smoking Zine (http://www.smokingzine.org), an interactive web-based intervention to address youth tobacco use. Based in part on Social Cognitive Theory and the Transtheoretical Model, The Smoking Zine incorporates games, self-assessment tools and connectivity features to provide a resource that allows both smokers and non-smokers to make healthy decisions about using tobacco. initial results of a randomized controlled trial evaluating the impact of The Smoking Zine on smoking rates with youth are presented and discussed in light of the emerging trend towards using the Internet as a medium for tobacco promotion, prevention and control. Implications for using the Internet as a medium for health promotion with youth are also presented.
Learning Objectives: A web-based smoking prevention and cessation resource available to the public will be demonstrated, its key features explained, and the evaluation research on the website presented. Participants attending this session will
Keywords: Adolescent Health, Tobacco Control
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Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.