The Protection module details what is currently known about secondhand smoke, its effects on people’s health, and what Canada is doing to create smokefree environments.
You’ll Learn About
- Characteristics of secondhand smoke
- Features of smokefree environments
- Harmful substances in secondhand smoke
- Health impacts of secondhand smoke
- Smokefree environment initiatives in Canada, including policies, legislation, programs and resources
- Tobacco industry opposition to smokefree environments
- Efforts to counter opposition
- Future directions for achieving more smokefree environments
What’s Inside
- Getting Started
- Objectives
- Module background information
- Multiple-choice pre-test
- Secondhand Smoke is Harmful
- Understanding secondhand smoke
- Impact on health and society
- Smokefree Strategies
- A smokefree society
- Legislation is key
- Effective smokefree legislation
- Successful campaigns
- The exemption issue
- Opposition to Smokefree Strategies
- Opposition to the legislation
- Industry tactics
- Front groups and allies
- Opposing Arguments and Responses
- Dealing with industry strategies
- Toward a Smokefree Society
- Private spaces and SHS (homes, multi-unit dwellings)
- Smokefree hospitals
- Outdoor spaces
- Smoking status and hiring
- Module Wrap-up
- Module summary
- Final multiple-choice test
- Feedback survey
