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Take a Breath Contest: Teen Voices on Tobacco & Vaping

About the contest

You know better than adults about teen smoking/tobacco use and vaping and how it impacts you, your friends, family, school and community. Share your thoughts for a chance to win a $150 gift card and have your message shared across the region!

Take a Breath Contest poster
To participate in the contest, submit an original artwork in the form of a poster, illustration or infographic by 11:59 p.m. PST on Nov. 15, 2022, inspired by one of the following themes:

The importance of ceremonial tobacco for Indigenous traditions, and how it differs from everyday (commercial) tobacco use
Important facts about smoking/tobacco and vaping products
Tobacco and vaping companies’ strategies to promote use
Impact of smoking/tobacco and vaping on my life
Environmental impact of smoking/tobacco and vaping

Who can participate

You can participate if you are:

Under 19 years of age
Enrolled in school program (Grade 8 to Grade 12)
Living in the Interior Health Region

How to participate

Read the Contest rules to make sure your entry will be valid.
- Please note: The winning posters will be professionally printed and the successful artists will receive a copy. Artists retain the copyright to their work but agree that it may be used by Interior Health in the promotion of national, regional, and local smoking/tobacco and vaping awareness campaigns, and be featured in schools, community settings, and on Interior Health’s social media platforms, website, and in hospitals and health-care centres.
Make an original poster, illustration or an infographic inspired by one of the following themes:
- The importance of ceremonial tobacco for Indigenous traditions, and how it differs from everyday (commercial) tobacco use
- Important facts about smoking/tobacco and vaping products
- Tobacco and vaping companies’ strategies to promote use
- Impact of smoking/tobacco and vaping on my life
- Environmental impact of smoking/tobacco and vaping
Make sure your final artwork are no more than one page in length, between 8.5 x 11 and 11 x 17 inches in size. All art submitted must be original and created by the person making the submission.
Fill out the Entry form. Artists may submit one entry per contest theme.
Submit your artwork and entry form by 11:59 p.m. PST on Nov. 15, 2022. You can submit it in two ways:
- Original artwork can be mailed to::
  - Interior Health – Population Health, Tobacco and Vapour, Reduction, 1440 14^th Ave., Vernon, B.C. V1B 2T1
- Digital artwork (print quality pdf) can be emailed to: tobaccoandvape@interiorhealth.ca.

Prizes

A panel of peer judges will select a winning poster for each of the five themes based on scientific content, impact and persuasiveness, creativity, and presentation of the artwork. The successful artists will be awarded $150 in the form of a gift card of their choosing.

Winners will be notified during the week of Jan. 15, 2023 - National Non-Smoking Week.