Alcohol and tobacco use and abuse misuse
1. What is Alcoholism and Tobacco Misuse? (What would classify an individual to suffer from alcoholism/tobacco misuse?)
What is in a cigarette?
What are the types of alcoholism?
What are the effects of smoking and drinking excessively?
Discuss the severity of addiction/withdrawal?
Include visuals to identify which parts of the body are impacted?
2. Stephen's demonstration (his personal connection to smoking).
3. Why does this matter/How does this affect me?
Young adults are the highest users of alcohol compared to all the other age groups in the general population [1], and university students are at an even higher risk of alcohol consumption when compared to their noncollege attending peers [2-5].
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/youth-smoking-rates-rising-in-new-brunswick-1.2841105 - Young adult smoking rates increasing...
4. Quitting/Treatment options.
Benefits to quitting (immediate and long-term)
Compare and contrast
Treatment options for misuers/abusers.
Past treatment and Present treatments
5. Awareness in Alberta
New Campaign for Awareness in Alberta
AGLC has just released a "Thanks, Alcohol!" campaign to increase awareness over the ill effects of over-consuming alcohol. You can take the "what type of drinker are you?" quiz at:
https://thanksalcohol.com/
Awareness initiatives being taken by cigarette companies/schools/etc.
More investigation needs to be done in this area. I'm not really sure what is currently happening with smoking with regards to Alberta. I just know that federally, all cigarettes must come with warnings. All smoke packs have those icky pictures that show the effects... If anybody else can look more into this- or I can?