Interior Health is asking young artists to share their thoughts and experience in Interior Health’s second tobacco and vaping poster contest for a chance to win $150.
Young people are the experts when it comes to understanding why youth use tobacco and vape, and how smoking/tobacco and vaping impacts them and their friends, family, school and community – it’s important to hear their voices and views.
Contest Details:
Youth in Grades 8 to 12 living in the Interior Health region are invited to participate in the Take a Breath: Teen Voices on Tobacco and Vaping poster contest. Aspiring artists may create and submit an original artwork that shares a message about the impact of youth tobacco use, smoking and vaping in one of five contest themes:
- The importance of ceremonial tobacco for Indigenous traditions, and how it differs from everyday (commercial) tobacco use (open to Indigenous youth only)
- Important facts about smoking/tobacco, cannabis and vaping products
- Tobacco and vaping companies’ strategies to promote use
- Impact of smoking/tobacco, cannabis and vaping on my life
- Environmental impact of smoking/tobacco and vaping
A winning poster will be chosen for each of the five themes. The successful artists will be awarded $150 in the form of an appropriate gift card of the winner’s choosing. The winning posters will be professionally printed and displayed in Interior Health hospitals and health-care centres, as well as on social media and the IH website.
The contest is underway now, with entries due by 11:59 p.m. on Dec. 1, 2023. The winners will be announced during the week of Jan. 15, 2023 – National Non-Smoking Week.
For more information about the contest and how to enter, visit interiorhealth.ca/takeabreath.
