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Announcement: New Website for the Live Well | Bien Vivre Program

2022-02-23T18:12:42+00:00Tags: , , |

A new website for the Live Well | Bien Vivre program has been launched. LWBV is an evidence-based program using best practices to support [...]

National Indigenous Peoples Day

2021-06-16T16:16:00+00:00Tags: , , |

Today the NBATC recognizes National Indigenous Peoples Day. The prevalence of smoking among Indigenous peoples is approximately 2 to 5 times higher than among [...]

Indigenous Populations and New Brunswick’s Tobacco-Free Living Strategy 


2023-12-27T18:08:12+00:00Tags: , , , , , , |

The prevalence of smoking among Indigenous peoples is approximately 2 to 5 times higher than among non-Indigenous Canadians1. In New Brunswick, almost twice as many Indigenous youth [...]

Ottawa Model for Smoking Cessation – University of Ottawa Heart Institute:

2019-11-12T15:15:12+00:00Tags: , |

Clinical practice guidelines emphasize that clinicians and healthcare delivery systems should consistently identify and treat all tobacco users using available counselling treatments and medications. [...]

Smoking, Vaping and Tobacco – Health Canada

2019-11-06T13:18:55+00:00Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Learn about vaping, tobacco products, effects of smoking, second-hand smoke, prevention and quitting. Website

My Journey with Tobacco: Youth Tobacco Cessation Toolkit and Facilitator’s Guide – National Association of Friendship Centres

2019-11-12T14:47:47+00:00Tags: , , , , |

The youth toolkit and facilitator’s guide are meant to be used together to build and support a stronger infrastructure for the delivery of tobacco [...]

Leading Practices in First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Smoking Cessation- Canadian Partnership Against Cancer – 2019

2019-11-12T14:47:56+00:00Tags: , , , |

Review results about Canadian smoking cessation approaches developed by, with or for First Nations, Inuit and Métis populations, now with data from 2018 to [...]

Research on Non-Traditional Tobacco Use Reduction in Aboriginal Communities: OTRU Update – Ontario Tobacco Research Unit – 2015

2019-11-12T14:46:04+00:00Tags: , , , , |

OTRU, together with the Well Living House at the Centre for Research on Inner City Health (CRICH), is studying how non-traditional tobacco use in Ontario’s [...]

Working to Reduce Commercial Tobacco Use in First Nations, Inuit and Métis Communities in Ontario – Registered Nurses Association of Ontario

2019-11-07T21:13:58+00:00Tags: , , |

This course addresses the special considerations that need to be taken into account when nurses and other healthcare providers are working with First Nations, Inuit [...]

Tobacco and Public Health: From Theory to Practice – Ontario Tobacco Research Unit

2019-11-07T19:41:20+00:00Tags: , , , , |

Comprehensive and evidence-based online course on tobacco control for public health professionals and others working in tobacco control that provides the opportunity for self-study in [...]

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