Alberta Tobacco Reduction Strategy Grants

Each year AHS-AADAC provides grant money to local, regional, and provincial projects that support the Alberta Tobacco Reduction Strategy (ATRS) objectives in the area of prevention and education, tobacco reduction and cessation, and protection from second-hand smoke.

Health Canada recently set new prevalence goals and objectives for the Federal Tobacco Control Strategy. To ensure a complementary and collaborative approach, the ATRS prevalence targets related to cessation and prevention have been aligned with those of the federal strategy.

New ATRS targets:

• Reduce overall smoking prevalence in Alberta from 21% (2007) to 12% by 2011.
• Reduce the prevalence of Alberta youth (aged 15-17) who use tobacco from 14% (2007) to 9% by 2011.

Call for Proposals

This year, priority will be given to projects that focus on the following areas:

• Youth: (High School) – aged 15-17 (i.e., peer leadership, advocacy, prevention, cessation activities)
• Youth Adults (i.e., targeting places where youth people predominate, such as oil, gas, hospitality and seasonal industries; post-secondary institutions; and other related workplaces)
• Aboriginal groups (AADAC is an agency of the provincial government and will only fund projects that are off reserve)
• Immigrant groups

Application deadline is Tuesday, December 30, 2008 at 4:00 p.m.

• Application Guidelines