Tobacco – Trends & Talk – interactive nicotine prevention with the Tobacco Suitcase

Tobacco – Trends & Talk – interactive nicotine prevention with the Tobacco Suitcase

Target Group:

Teachers and staff from the psycho-socio-educational field

Description:

As part of the Génération Sans Tabac 2040 strategy, the Fondation Cancer, with the support of the Centre National de Prévention des Addictions (CNAPA), has developed the didactic material ​“Tobacco Suitcase — tobacco products and other nicotine products” — a collection of interactive methods for preventive work. This training provides, among other things, concrete instruc­tions and tips for using the tobacco case.

Many adolescents have their first experiences with nicotine in a social environment — often together with peers while smoking a cigarette, consuming a hookah (shisha) or vaping an e‑cigarette. What initially starts as curious exper­i­men­ta­tion can quickly develop into a regular habit and eventually into an addiction. Nicotine-containing products are among the psy­choac­tive substances with the highest addictive potential.

A central question of this training is therefore: How can non-consuming adolescents be encouraged to say ​“NO”?

And how do you encourage smoking adolescents to critically reflect on their nicotine consumption — ideally with the aim of considering behavioral changes? In addition to basic information about known nicotine-containing products and new trends, practical methods from the ​“Tobacco Suitcase” are presented in this training and their possible appli­ca­tions are worked out together.

Par­tic­i­pants not only gain more content security in dealing with the topic, but also concrete and practical approaches for everyday pro­fes­sion­al life.

Objectives:

Knowledge
The par­tic­i­pants know:

• Basic information about tobacco products and other nicotine products as well as current trends
• concrete pos­si­bil­i­ties how schools can promote non-smoking among students.

Skills
The par­tic­i­pants are able to:

• Provide information on the topic of smoking and non-smoking
• Use methods from the ​“Tobacco Suitcase” to talk to students about smoking and non-smoking.

Attitude
The par­tic­i­pants:

• reflect on their own attitude towards nicotine and tobacco consumption
• reflect on their own com­mu­ni­ca­tion behavior
• maintain a con­struc­tive and appre­cia­tive com­mu­ni­ca­tion.