ASSIST Nottinghamshire County Council - Youth Service Overview

Nottinghamshire County Council's Youth Service, led by Sarah Marlow and Shane Butkeraitis, implements the ASSIST peer-led smoking prevention program aimed at young people. This program has been proven effective in preventing youth from taking up smoking through informal conversations among friends, training sessions, and educational materials. The session covers the background, aims, program details, smoking facts, an interactive activity, and a takeaway action to share learned facts.

• Nottinghamshire
• Youth Service
• Smoking Prevention
• Peer-led Program
• Tobacco Control

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1. ASSIST Nottinghamshire County Council - Youth Service Sarah Marlow Shane Butkeraitis

2. Aims of this session Explain who we are and what we do Give the background to ASSIST Talk about the programme Smoking facts Activity

3. Background ASSIST is a peer led smoking prevention programme Encourages young people not to take up smoking by having informal conversations with their friends It has been evaluated by a randomised controlled trial funded by the Medical Research Council No other schools-based smoking prevention programme has been found to be as effective If implemented throughout the UK, it is estimated that the ASSIST programme would prevent 20,000 young people taking up smoking each year.

4. The programme School selection, what this means to Nottinghamshire Year eight students, 12-13 years old Top 18% nominated by all pupils in year group Over 10 14 weeks Training off site, two days Informal conversations between friends on the risks of smoking and the benefits of being smoke free Diaries & certificates Over 100,000 students have now taken part in ASSIST, via nearly 19,000 peer supporters

5. Facts Each year in Nottinghamshire an estimated 2,500 young people start smoking Most adult smokers take up the habit in teenage years Smoking causes nearly 20% of deaths in England Children who start smoking before the age of 16 are twice as likely to continue as adults Treating smoking related illnesses costs the National Health Service in Nottinghamshire around 30.2 million every year 86% of 12 to 17 year olds who smoke prefer the 3 most heavily advertised brands

6. Activity. We ve given you some facts, now it s time for you to decide whether you think the following statements are True or False?

7. Take away action Pass on one fact from today s session to another work colleague