Interventions to protect children from exposure to tobacco smoke are more likely to succeed in the context of a wider smoking ban. Nevertheless, significant gaps still exist in fully assessing the effectiveness of such interventions, as there is a general lack of evaluation of their impact or the health outcomes. Therefore, the project’s primary objective is to develop effective methods of engaging local communities and peer groups in order to bring about changes in lifestyle, thus generating positive health outcomes and reducing health inequalities, developing tools to reduce high smoking prevalence among young people and reducing children and young people’s exposure to second-hand smoke.
The Working with Communities project has now entered the third phase of the work plan, which concentrates on six pilot interventions targeting disadvantaged communities and groups. Partners from France, Latvia and Liverpool, UK are implementing pilot projects which focus on peer-to-peer interventions with the aim of raising awareness about tobacco-related issues and reducing smoking prevalence amongst the 11 to 16 year age group.
This newsletter examines the progress and presents some illustrations of the work.
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