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No Smoking Day 2025, and times are changing, just like Big Tobacco products
No Smoking Day 2025 – or should it be No Nicotine/Tobacco Day? Ever since Fast Forward was established in 1987, our focus has been around young people and risk taking behaviours. Alongside alcohol and substances, tobacco use has consistently been a huge part of our work. Inspired by Ash Scotland’s recent No Smoking Day on…
Read MoreRESPONDING TO INCREASING REQUESTS FOR E-CIGARETTES AND VAPES AWARENESS SESSIONS
Over the last nine months, we have been responding to a number of requests for sessions focusing on e-cigarettes and vapes, from various youth work organisations as well as both primary and secondary schools across Edinburgh. Our Project Officers are not surprise that requests for these sessions keep reaching their inboxes, as it is evident that e-cigarettes…
Read MoreRaising awareness of E-cigarettes and Vapes with young people
Over the last few months, we have had an increase in the number of requests for session focusing on e-cigarettes and vapes, predominantly for 11/12 year olds in Primary 7. However, in one case we had a request to work with young people as young as 9/10 year old in Primary 5. The ASH London’s…
Read MoreHelp develop a consensus statement on substance use in Scotland
“I’ve seen the impact of alcohol & drugs on my friend’s lives, I want to make sure other young people know the risks, and where to get help” Public Health Scotland are beginning work to build agreement, or consensus, on what substance use (alcohol, drugs, tobacco, gases) prevention should look like for children and young…
Read MoreTOBACCO EDUCATION CONTINUES THROUGH LOCKDOWN.
Project Officer, Laura Sharp, draws on her learning of adapting her work during Lockdown. We are delighted to announce that funding by NHS Lothian’s Health Promotion Service of the Tobacco Education Project delivered by Fast Forward within Edinburgh, East Lothian and Midlothian has been continued until March 2021. Since our last update which briefly outlined…
Read MoreNo Smoking Day 13 March 2019
Tomorrow, March 13th, Fast Forward is supporting the No Smoking Day 2019 The Quit your Way Scotland site is now live, with updated resources for No Smoking Day that you can find here. This year, ASH Scotland and the NHS invite the public to use the hashtag #TellUsYourWay to post on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter…
Read MoreAn update from our Smoke Free Homes and Zones project
The Smoke Free Homes and Zones project is funded by NHS Lothian Health Promotion Service and has been delivered by Fast Forward since 2013. The project focuses on engaging with Primary schools across the City of Edinburgh, East Lothian and Midlothian council areas. The project provides schools and their pupils with the opportunity to engage…
Read More#notafavour
Our Chief Executive is calling on adults to stop giving tobacco to Scotland’s children. Alastair has signed up as a Champion for Scotland’s Charter for a Tobacco-free Generation, supporting ASH Scotland in their work. You can read more about this by following us on Twitter @fastforwardorg and through the following articles fresh from the…
Read MoreThe Smoke Free Homes and Zones Project
Hi! My name is Laura Sharp, I am the Project Officer responsible for the Smoke Free Homes and Zones Project which I have overseen since joining the Fast Forward team in July 2014. The Smoke Free Homes and Zones Project is funded by NHS Lothian and focuses on engaging with Primary School across the City…
Read MoreFast Forward to 2034… not just any 2034… but a tobacco-free 2034!
Hi, I’m Alastair, not just any Alastair, but Fast Forward’s Chief Executive Officer. Fast Forward and SPEN have a long track-record in delivering exciting projects to support tobacco education and prevention work with young people and those who work with them. We are working towards helping to create a tobacco-free generation through partnership and collaboration…
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