Connecting The Pieces

FACET in the Media

Roberts, A. (2010). The "baby patch": Smoking cessation interventions embrace new fathers. CrossCurrents, Journal of Addictions and Mental Health, 13(4) http://www.camhcrosscurrents.net/archives/summer2010/baby%20patch.html

Bottorff, J.L., Oliffe, J.L., Sarbit, G., Hussein, Z. & Hill, T. (2010).  Knowledge translation strategies to design a tobacco reduction program for fathers.  Interior Health Knowledge Translation Casebook: Sharing Stories of Evidence-Informed Practice. Interior Health March 2010. [live link to come] 

UBC Okanagan Exchange Newsletter. " Smokin' dads wrestle with fatherhood and manly expectations " March 17, 2010

The Vancouver Sun . “Are men too manly to seek help for their medical problems?” March 13, 2009.

Bottorff, J.L., Poole, N. and the FACET Investigative team (2008). Reducing smoking among mothers: The FACET Program. In Knowledge to action: A knowledge translation casebook. (pp. 35-37). Ottawa, ON: Canadian Institutes of Health Research.

BC Tobacco Control (2008). New targeted resources resonate with new parents. In BC Tobacco Control: 2008- a year in review. P.25

Bottorff, J.L. & Carey, J. (2007) “ Learning about "TRIPs " . Visions: BC's Mental Health and Addictions Journal, 3(4), pp. 22-23.

UBC Reports. " New Dads Retreat to Their Cars to Keep Smoking " February 2007.

The Province. "Automobiles become safe havens for dads who smoke: Family car the 'last little bastion of space' for smokers" January 23, 2007.

The Vancouver Sun. "New fathers use cars when they want to smoke: Many men surveyed felt they 'could be a good father and still do this’” March 20, 2007.

Pregnancy, partners and tobacco. Interactions – Health Research in BC (Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research), Spring/Summer 2007, Issue #1, p. 4.

FACET Presents

6th National Conference on Tobacco or Health
November 1-4, 2009
Montréal, Québec
www.ncth.ca

FACET Past Events

Fathers’ Day Contest Results:

What might it take for a dad to reduce his tobacco consumption? In 2009, over 50 people voted on their favorite message, suggested new messages, and shared their ideas.   The winner was Simonne from Kelowna who won a $50 gift certificate to Tim Horton’s!

The winning message: “My dad is my hero. He quit smoking for him and for me.” (57%)

Other ideas for a great message from our contest participants:
• Smoke-free means more good times for dad and me.
• Show your child just how strong you can be.
• To my only father, I need you to be on duty for a long time, please quit.
• My Dad loves me so much that he is smoke free!  I love the way he loves 
   me!
• My Dad no longer smokes, but he's still hot!   

Contest participants’ ideas about what would encourage new dads to quit or reduce smoking:

• A dramatization of dads and their kids playing a sport (e.g. touch football,
   road hockey) and the smoking dads getting winded as the other team
   triumphs.
• A support group and incentives or competitions on who can go the
   longest and have a prize for people who can stop smoking for more than
   3 months.
• Knowing that their children have a 50% chance of being a smoker if their
   parents are smokers.
• I believe having their kids tell them to stop. This was true with my
   brother. Both his sons told him that the money he could save would be
   enough to take them to Disneyland! He did. Plus they of course were
   worried about his health. I think making children aware about the effects
   of smoking is really important. That way they hopefully will confront their
   parents.

Did one of these messages or ideas spark something in you? Let us know what you think by sharing your stories and ideas .