Taking Action

 

To view the presentations made at the Tobacco - Nova Scotia Communities Taking Action conference, October 2001, simply click on the title below:

Plenary Sessions

Reducing Tobacco Use - What Works? (Download Powerpoint File - 173 kb)
A Comprehensive Tobacco Control Strategy for NS
Merv Ungurain, Former Director Tobacco Control Unit, Department of Health

Is the Tobacco Industry In Your Community? (Download Word File - 47 kb)
Michael Perley, Director, Ontario Campaign for Action on Tobacco

Working Together: The Value of Partnerships (Download Powerpoint File - 672 kb)
Jane Farquharson, Director, Heart Health Nova Scotia

Smoke-Free Workplaces (Download Powerpoint File - 115 kb)
Ron Colman, Director, GPI Atlantic
The Economic Impact of Smoke-Free Workplaces:
An Assessment for Nova Scotia
(Download Adobe Acrobat file 560 kb)

Concurrent Workshops

Smoke-Free Policy (Download Word File - 29 kb)
Michael Perley, Director, Ontario Campaign for Action on Tobacco
Representative, Smoke Free Kings

Effective Youth Smoking Prevention-Myths and Realities (Download Powerpoint - 362 kb)
Dr. Paul MacDonald, Department of Health Studies and Gerontology
University of Waterloo

Smoke-Free Homes (Download Powerpoint File - 249 kb)
Josie d'Avernas, Community Consultant, Program Training and Consultation Centre

Comprehensive School Smoking Prevention (Download Powerpoint File - 75 kb)
NS School Smoking Prevention Coalition

Community Action Tool Kit (Download Powerpoint File - 157 kb)
Karen Pyra, Prevention Coordinator, Cancer Care Nova Scotia
Judy Purcell, Program Coordinator, Health Promotion, Canadian Cancer
Society, Nova Scotia Division

Smoking and Pregnancy (Download Powerpoint File - 122 kb)
Dr. Nancy Edwards, Director, Community
Health Research Unit, University of Ottawa

Advocacy - not a dirty word
Steve Machat , Tobacco/ Public Issues Coordinator, Canadian Cancer
Society, Nova Scotia Div.
Len Preeper, President, OpinionTrac Research

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