BLAST

BLAST (Building Leadership for Action in Schools Today) was developed in 1996 by the Alberta Lung Association in response to the growing number of teen smokers in Alberta. This program offers students the opportunity to take part in exciting interactive presentations and educational workshops on tobacco use and its consequences.

The focus of BLAST is student leadership conferences that encourage tobacco use prevention through leadership and skill development. Grade 7 to 9 students from across Alberta learn about tobacco industry marketing and tobacco health effects, and then participate in a series of skill development workshops on communication, leadership and action planning.

The students then develop tobacco reduction action plans to implement in their own communities and report back what they have achieved. School groups that make the greatest impact are rewarded with a trip to the mountains.

BLAST is a partnership between AADAC and the Alberta Lung Association.

Visit the BLAST website.