Leave The Pack Behind at the University of Toronto's St. George Campus

Our open minded, causal approach provides an opportunity for discussing tobacco related issues in a non judgmental environment. Come to talk to us about the relationship between tobacco and physical activity, healthy eating, stress, sexuality, the environment, marijuana, shisha, and so much more!

Upcoming Events

To help you de-stress Victoria College Art of Living and Leave The Pack Behind are proud to present Free Yoga at the Music Room in Wymilwood (Victoria College) on Thursday November 18 from 6:15PM to 7:30.

Saving money on food is another way to beat stress. Visit us at Sid Smith on Tuesday November 23 for free snacks

We’re holding a contest!
Our biggest event of the year! Our annual contest is for ALL students, called ‘WouldUrather’ starts January 2011. Numerous prizes are included for give-aways, both from on-campus and off-campus institutions. There’s a category for everyone, each requiring a non-smoking ‘buddy’ to register with you who will support you and verify the results at the end of this 8-week contest.

Categories include: Quit for Good, Keep the Count (reduce smoking by 50%), Party Without the Smoke (don't drink and smoke together), and Don’t Start & Win (remain smoke-free).

Check out the Contests & Events page for more details!
Leave The Pack Behind at U of T's FROSH Week 2010!
Welcome back! This is LTPB St. George's 10th Frosh week on campus raising tobacco awareness and helping student quit smoking. Our annual FROSH activities and information booth was open to ALL students and numerous goodies were given away. Visitors also got a chance to take pictures with our mascot, Smokey, who was raising tobacco awareness across campus!

If you missed us at FROSH and are interested in quitting or reducing your smoking, don’t worry, Leave The Pack Behind is available throughout the school year to provide resources and peer support for your smoking cessation efforts.

Check out the Contests & Events page for more details!
Better than cigarettes? Comparing Tobacco, Marijuana, and Shisha.

Quick Fact: Hookahs are used to smoke shisha and shisha = tobacco. Using a hookah to smoke shisha can be addictive!

Truth: Just like regular tobacco, shisha contains nicotine, making it addictive. In fact, in a 60 minute session, shisha-smokers are exposed to 100-200x the volume of smoke inhaled from a single cigarette and 3x the amount of nicotine!

Quick Fact: College students who use marijuana regularly often have impaired skills related to attention, memory and learning.

Truth: People can become dependent on marijuana. Becoming dependent on marijuana is more likely to occur for people who used marijuana weekly as teens, men (vs. women), and smokers (vs. non-smokers).
We’ve got a brand new site!
Welcome to the new Leave The Pack Behind - University of Toronto: St. George Campus website! We've been working hard over the holidays to improve your online user experience and update all our information, so we hope you like it and find it a useful resource.

You may remember us from a magnet or a ruler with a LTPB logo on it that we may have given you, or from a Carbon Monoxide (CO) test you may have taken, or from the free pizza given out during our ‘Pick Up Your Butts’ event (you’re welcome)…or just the friendly (amazingly good looking) students in green shirts talking to students about smoking. Yes, that’s us. We’re the Leave the Pack Behind team at your campus and we’re here for you.