Smoking and Breast Cancer: Girls’ and Boys’ Reactions to Tailored, Internet Delivered Messages

Authors

Joan L. Bottorff, University of British Columbia – Okanagan Campus, Canada
Chris G. Richardson, University of British Columbia, Canada
Rebecca Haines-Saah, University of British Columbia
John Oliff, University of British Columbia, Canada
Peter Hutchinson, University of British Columbia – Okanagan Campus, Canada
Pamela A. Ratner, University of British Columbia, Canada
Chizimuzo T.C. Okoli, University of KentuckyFollow
Carolyn Gotay, University of British Columbia, Canada
Kenneth Johnson, Public Health Agency of Canada

Abstract

Background

• Active smoking and exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) are causally linked to premenopausal breast cancer (BC).

• To date, there have been few efforts to raise awareness of active smoking and SHS as risk factors for BC.

Purpose

• To develop and evaluate messages for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal adolescent girls and boys to raise awareness about tobacco exposure as a risk factor for BC.

Document Type

Presentation

Publication Date

11-2011

Notes/Citation Information

A poster presentation at the 7th National Conference on Tobacco or Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Repository Citation

Bottorff, Joan L.; Richardson, Chris G.; Haines-Saah, Rebecca; Oliff, John; Hutchinson, Peter; Ratner, Pamela A.; Okoli, Chizimuzo T.C.; Gotay, Carolyn; and Johnson, Kenneth, "Smoking and Breast Cancer: Girls’ and Boys’ Reactions to Tailored, Internet Delivered Messages" (2011). Nursing Presentations. 15.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/nursing_present/15