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Listen Again: Evaluation of the Smoke-free Ontario Strategy Webinar files available
This webinar - conducted on April 29, 2012 - discusses findings from the Ontario Tobacco Research Unit’s most recent Smoke-Free Ontario Strategy Evaluation Report. Learn about the accomplishments and weaknesses in the current strategy. What is well covered? What is working well? What is working less well? Where are greater efforts and new approaches needed?
Evaluation of the Smoke-free Ontario Strategy - Presentation Deck (PDF; 2.4 Mb)
Evaluation of the Smoke-free Ontario Strategy - Audio Recording (Quicktime; 10.6 Mb)
Engaging Aboriginal Youth in Tobacco Control
Two OTRU Special Reports provide evaluative information about the establishment and operation of two youth action alliances focusing on aboriginal youth both on and off reserve. Youth Engagement and Tobacco Control in On-Reserve Aboriginal Communities summarizes findings from an evaluation of the Youth Action Alliance of Manitoulin Island (YAA MAN). Engaging Aboriginal Youth in Off-Reserve Communities: A Case-Study of MAKWA presents a formative evaluation of Making Aboriginal Kids Walk Away (From Tobacco Abuse) (MAKWA), an Aboriginal Youth Action Alliance (YAA) located off-reserve in Thunder Bay.
Smoking Cessation Activities in Ontario Hospitals: Survey Results
The Ministry of Health Promotion and Sport (MHPS) and the Ministry of Health and Long-Term
Care (MOHLTC) recently launched an initiative aimed to enhance cessation support to hospital
patients with chronic diseases. As a first step, the Ontario Tobacco Research Unit (OTRU), in
partnership with the MHPS and MOHLTC, conducted a survey of Ontario hospitals to provide a
snapshot of the current state of hospital-based smoking cessation services, practices and
policies. Full report: Smoking Cessation Activities in Ontario Hospitals: Survey Results
Smoke-Free Ontario Strategy Evaluation Report
This report presents evaluative information about the activities and results of the Smoke-Free Ontario Strategy (SFOS) for the period 2009 and 2010. We describe Strategy infrastructure and interventions (policies, programs and social marketing), analyze population-level changes, and explore the contributions of interventions.
The purpose of this report is to support learning that will enhance progress toward the achievement of SFOS goals. The report addresses progress to date in the implementation and results of Strategy components. Both accomplishments and challenges are highlighted with the intention of bringing evidence to bear on the continued development of the Strategy.
Executive Summary
Full report
 Thirty Year Trends in Tobacco and Cannabis Use Among Ontario Youth
This OTRU update presents data on the use and co-use of tobacco and cannabis among students over the past three decades using the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health's Ontario Student Drug Use and Health Survey (OSDUHS).
The Ontario Tobacco Research Unit (OTRU) is a research network that is recognized as a Canadian leader in tobacco control research, monitoring and evaluation, teaching and training and as a respected source of science based information on tobacco control.
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