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Tobacco-Free Sports and Recreation Policies Recommendations The following recommendations are based on common themes across the case studies. • Have a process in place to revisit the policy on a regular (annual) basis. This includes review of TFSR policy and implementation reinforcement for current staff and orientation for new coaches and staff. • Focus on, or continue to emphasise, the health and lifestyle messages. They were the most compelling reason for smoke-free sports and recreation policies (e.g., future efforts could integrate physical activity and tobacco-free policy promotion). • There is a need to pay particular attention to the use of chew tobacco with all hockey groups (players, parents, coaches, team staff and venue management), but especially the Junior B team players. • Extend the no smoking within 9m of arena doors rule or introduce an outright tobacco ban in hockey settings. • We recommend that Play, Live, Be…Tobacco-Free (PLBTF) continues to increase awareness of TFSR policy among the sports and recreation community as well as the Canadian public. An increased PLBTF presence would better enable broad (e.g., organisation-wide, leaguewide, arena-wide) TFSR policy implementation. Ontario Tobacco Research Unit 4
Tobacco-Free Sports and Recreation Policies INTRODUCTION The Broad Context for the Evaluation This evaluation examines the implementation and impacts of tobacco-free policies within ice hockey settings in Ontario. The negative consequences of tobacco use and the short and longterm health benefits of quitting are well documented (e.g., CPHA, 2011). The purpose of Tobacco- Free Sport and Recreation (TFSR) policies is to prevent and reduce social exposure and use of tobacco products by players, coaches, spectators and leaders (Bobbili, 2010). TFSR policies ideally prevent and reduce use of tobacco through the reduction of physical and social exposure to tobacco products, provide opportunities for denormalization of tobacco use and positive rolemodeling for youth if coaches and spectators are smoke-free and promote cessation (Bobbili, 2010). Sporting organizations provide an important setting for policies to create health promoting environments and to support health-oriented behaviour change (Priest et al 2008). Play, Live, Be…Tobacco-Free (PLBTF) is an Ontario-based movement that promotes tobacco-free activity in sport and recreation. PLBTF started in 2008 and is a collaboration of public health, sport and non-profit organizations that support local, regional and provincial decision-makers in developing tobacco-free policies (see Appendix I for PLBTF policy template). The PLBTF collaborative is composed of the seven Tobacco Control Area Networks (representing the 36 Ontario public health units), the Program Training and Consultation Centre (PTCC), SPORT4ONTARIO (S4O), the Coaches Association of Ontario (CAO), Physical Activity Resource Centre (PARC), Parks and Recreation Ontario (PRO), Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) – Smokers’ Helpline (SHL), the Ontario Lung Association (OLA), and the Ontario Chronic Disease Prevention Managers Network (source: http://www.playlivebetobaccofree.ca/). PLBTF received funding from the Ministry of Health Promotion (Healthy Communities Approach) in 2009. There are many elements to the PLBTF movement; since 2008, public health units across Ontario’s seven TCAN regions have been engaged in promoting TFSR policies through a variety of initiatives. These include developing signage, supporting sport and recreation organizations in the adoption of TFSR policies, populating the PLBTF policy database, creating radio advertisements and organizing tobacco-free events. In addition, PHU representatives and other partners participate in a Tobacco Free Sport and Recreation Community of Practice (TFSR CoP) coordinated by the PTCC (recently renamed the TFSR and Outdoor Spaces CoP). Ontario Tobacco Research Unit 5
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