title: "It is just not part of the culture here": young adults' photo-narratives about smoking, quitting, and healthy lifestyles in Vancouver, Canada.
abstract: In this article we consider young adults' photo-narratives about smoking and quitting and their linkages to themes of healthy lifestyles and the culture of place in Vancouver, Canada. Drawing from a pilot study using participant-driven photography with a group of twelve young women and men ages nineteen to twenty-six, participants' visual and narrative representations of being a smoker and the process of quitting smoking were analyzed. Findings suggest "healthy lifestyle" imperatives within the Vancouver context may be productive for facilitating cessation, but may also have exclusionary effects.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of British Columbia, 302-6190 Agronomy Road, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z3. rebecca.haines-saah@nursing.ubc.ca
authors.forename: Rebecca J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Haines-Saah
authors.forename: John L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Oliffe
authors.forename: Cameron F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: Joan L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Bottorff
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001955:British Columbia; D003469:Culture; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D033262:Narration; D010781:Photography; D010865:Pilot Projects; D040242:Risk Reduction Behavior; D012907:Smoking; D016540:Smoking Cessation; D062487:Social Marginalization; D055815:Young Adult