Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Grey Bruce Health Unit
Bad Way to Be Nice - Cut Off the "Social Supply" of Smokes
Family and friends need to stop being the go-to supplier for under-age smokers. A friend or relative may think they are “just being nice” for buying, or giving cigarettes to a teenager. But, setting someone up for an addiction, disease or even death is a “bad way to be nice.”
“Bad ways to be nice” is a campaign to help stop people from supplying tobacco to teenagers. Most underage smokers say they get their cigarettes from a “social source”, their parents, an older sibling, a relative or a friend.
Less than 10 per cent of tobacco retailers have sold to an underage smoker. That shows most teens are getting their cigarettes from those social sources.
Public Health wants anyone supplying tobacco for a teen, to visit BadWaysToBeNice.com. The website offers ideas for how to say no to requests for cigarettes.
This YouTube video shows real people’s reactions when a young child asks them for a cigarette. We don’t think your reaction should be any different when a teen asks.
Media Contact:
Jason Weppler
Health Promoter
Grey Bruce Health Unit
519-376-9420 or 1-800-263-3456 ext 1408
J.Weppler@publichealthgreybruce.on.ca
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