About

The Team

The MMSA Antitobacco Peer Education team is a group of young peer educators which discusses the effects of smoking tobacco in a non formal way with other young people. As an adjunct to formal education and up to date and evidence-based information and approaches, the team strives to provide a 360-degree view of the smoking habit in order to empower youth to take a fit informed decision on how to adopt a healthy lifestyle.

The Programme

The MMSA Antitobacco Peer Education programme is a project approved and funded by the European Commission as part of the HELP 2.0 Antismoking Campaign. The programme holistically mentions the facts about tobacco which can be seen clearly through our objectives. The programme content and format are tailor-made to appeal to young people.

All peer educators at least receive the basic peer educator training at an NPET weekend, click here to see the list of events and projects in which the team participated in and contributed for.

The team also keeps and updates a resource pack whereby peer educators, institutions and the general public can access and benefit from.

General Format and Information

Audience

Most young people are generally exposed to their first cigarettes at roughly age 12 or 13, therefore, to effectively prepare young people for this episode in their life the programme is targeted to:

-          people between the age of 12 and 17 years old, with particular attention to 12 or 13 year-olds

-          groups of maximum 30 people

Sessions

The programme is made up of 2 sessions; each sessions taking approximately 40 to 45 minutes.

Each session is most of the time run by 2 peer educators.

Session1

History – The Spread of the Habit

The Cigarette – What does it contain?

Addiction - Why is it so difficult to stop smoking?

Disease - What does smoking do to the human body?

How many people are affected?

Session 2

Secondhand Smoke - Smoke in the environment around you

Smoking and Pregnancy – What are the effects?

Law - What are my rights?

Mirror, Mirror… - How does smoking affect the way I look?

Social and Cosmetic Effects

Cost - How much money does a smoking addict burn?

Environment - Cutting trees, Fires, Toxic Waste and Litter

The Tobacco Industry - Who benefits from all this?

What YOU can do – How can I help or get help?

Tools and Materials

Power Point © Presentation

Projected during the session as visual aid and summary of the session

Feedback form

Given out at the end of the last (second) session so as to see how effective the session was and how we can improve it

Bookmark (back and front)

Distributed so as to direct the students to our website and the EU Help Campaign website. It also includes a handy ruled edge and useful points in general

Questionnaire

To be filled online. This data will help us and the European Commission to pinpoint the main concerns, misconceptions and traits so as to direct more effective campaigns in the future

HELP! EU Merchandise

Distribution of eye-catching merchandise with the HELP! EU website on them. Merchandise includes notepads, biros, shopping bags and others