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Blue CogYoung People’s Basic Smoking Awareness e-Learning

Hampshire County Council, Smoke Free Hampshire and Isle of Wight Tobacco Control Alliance has developed a three part e-learning course to introduce you to basic awareness around smoking and young people.

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To provide a basic awareness of the issues around smoking and young people and services offered to help young smokers quit.


Leaning Aim:


Module One: Smoking and Young People – The Facts

To increase knowledge of the rates of smoking among young people, why young people smoke, the health risks and other issues related to smoking, including legislation.

Module Two: Smoking Prevention and Education with Young People

To increase knowledge of different prevention and educational approaches with young people around smoking.

Module Three: Helping Young People to Stop Smoking

To raise awareness of the benefits of quitting and to increase knowledge of help available for young people who want to quit.

Learning Outcomes:

Module One

By the end of the module, participants will have:

  • Established the rates of smoking among young people

  • Discussed the reasons why young people start to smoke

  • Described the contents and health risks of cigarettes

  • Discussed the issues related to smoking among young people

  • Identified and described the legislation in relation to tobacco

Module Two

By the end of the module, participants will have:

  • Discussed methods of education and prevention of smoking with young people

  • Explored different types of interventions with young people

Module Three

By the end of the module, participants will have:

  • Identified the benefits of quitting

  • Explored how to raise the issue of smoking

Clarified the services available for young people from the local NHS Stop Smoking Services



How to use the e-learning:
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About this e-Learning

Visits and progression through the course are tracked so that training via e-learning can be measured for effectiveness and provide a log as part of individual performance development
TargetThis e-Learning is aimed at all staff who handle or process data in any way.
ClockThis e-Learning will take approximately 10 minutes to complete.



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If you have any queries or questions, or would like to talk to someone about tailoring this e-learning for your own organisation, please contact learning.centre@hants.gov.uk