Tobacco Control Research in BC

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This database is compiled with funding assistance from Health Canada and the cooperation of the tobacco control research community in BC. It is intended to benefit individuals and organizations in the tobacco control community in BC by providing knowledge of tobacco control work in the province.

The database lists tobacco control research being conducted either by BC based researchers and/or about BC in part or in whole by researchers outside of the province. The database is compiled solely through information collected directly from the researchers themselves. As such, the project managers cannot guarantee the completeness of the database.

	Title	Researchers	Research Organization	Funding Organization	Research Description	Control Classification	Research Target Groups
More Inside	Developing Messaging Strategies for Young Women about the Risks of Tobacco Exposure and the Development of Breast Cancer	Dr. Joan Bottorff (Co-Principal Investigator) Dr. Kenneth Johnson (Co-Principal Investigator) Dr. Alison Brazier (Co-Investigator) Julie Easley, Ph.D. Candidate (Co-Investigator) Dr. Lynne Baillie (Co-Investigator) Dr. Roberta Ferrence (Co-Investigator) Dr. Rebecca Haines (Co-Investigator) Dr. Chizimuzo Okoli (Co-Investigator) Stephanie Barclay McKeown (Project Coordinator)	University of British Columbia - Okanagan Public Health Agency of Canada	Canadian Breast Cancer Research Alliance (Developmental and Exploratory (DEX) Grant)	The recently established link between young women's tobacco exposure and the development of pre-menopausal breast cancer has raised the need to target young women with messaging about this risk. The purpose of this study is to better understand how to develop messages for young women regarding the ... (more inside)	Prevention	Adolescent and young adult women aged 15-24 years
More Inside	"These girls are our future": A workshop to promote collaboration, support and Aboriginal ownership of tobacco control in female Aboriginal youth in BC	Dr. Lynne Baillie	BC Cancer Agency	Canadian Tobacco Control Research Initiative	The workshop complies with CTCRI Workshop and Learning Opportunities Grant objectives in that it seeks to bring together an inter-disciplinary collaboration of Aboriginal researchers and practitioners to share information, experiences and knowledge and who can pursue further funding in developing a network ... (more inside)	Cessation Denormalization Prevention Protection	aboriginal teen females
More Inside	A review of undergraduate university tobacco control: Policy process in Canada	Dr. Lynne Baillie	BC Cancer Agency	Canadian Tobacco Control Research Initiative	The proposed review is relevant to CTCRI priorities in that it will increase knowledge of current tobacco control policy/practices and inform policy development and implementation on university campuses across Canada. Researchers in the US report that 25.7% of college students smoke and that 28% of these ... (more inside)	Cessation Denormalization Prevention Protection	undegraduate university students
More Inside	Creating an Aboriginal Community of Practice for Tobacco Control	Dr. Lynne Baillie	BC Cancer Agency	Canadian Institutes of Health Research	While it is recognised that tobacco misuse has serious health implications for the Aboriginal population, there is a worrying lack of representation from the Aboriginal community in the current dialogue around tobacco control research and practice. The objectives of this pilot are to bring together ... (more inside)	Cessation Denormalization Prevention Protection	aboriginal communities
More Inside	First Nations and Inuit Peoples of Canada and Tobacco Taxation: A Scoping Study	Dr. Robert Vanwynsberghe	University of British Columbia	First Nations and Inuit Health Branch of Health Canada National Cancer Institute of Canada Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research	The objectives are to review data on tobacco use among First Nation and Inuit populations in Canada, to review research on smoking cessation through taxation and to sketch existing First Nation-government anti-smoking tax-arrangements, to delineate factors relevant to using taxation to discourage smoking ... (more inside)	Cessation Prevention	aboriginal community