Access Project

The Youth Voices Research Group has been awarded a grant from the Ontario Ministry of Health Promotion to explore the interconnection between the availability of cigarettes and access to smoking cessation treatment in Ontario.


The ACCESS PROJECT will connect youth using social media tools and technologies in order to learn more about the relationship between access to cheap (and illegal) cigarettes and prevalence in Ontario. The project explores issues of access to:

• Smoking cessation options for youth
• Cigarettes
• Knowledge
• New ideas and social innovations
• Wider networks of experience and expertise
• Novel methods of communication and engaging youth
• Mental health promotion
• Evidence for effective practice and policy change