| Summary: | Health Canada’s 2016/2017 Canadian Student Tobacco, Alcohol and Drugs Survey (CSTADS; formerly the Youth Smoking Survey) is a biennial, pan-Canadian, school-based survey of a generalizable sample of students in grades 7 through 12. CSTADS (YSS) has been coordinated centrally by the Propel Centre for Population Health Impact (Propel) at the University of Waterloo in partnership with Health Canada since 2004, under the leadership of Dr. Steve Manske. As of July 1, 2017, the project is under the leadership of Dr. Martin Cooke following the retirement of Steve Manske. Drs. Matthias Schonlau and Steve Brown at the University of Waterloo act as CSTADS statisticians and co-investigators. The 2016/2017 CSTADS was implemented in schools between October 2016 and June 2017 by provincial teams located in the participating provinces, with support and leadership from the following CSTADS co- investigators: Dr. Antony Card: Memorial University of Newfoundland – Grenfell Campus Dr. Donna Murnaghan: Thompson Rivers University Dr. Jo-Ann MacDonald: University of Prince Edward Island Dr. Mark Asbridge: Dalhousie University Dr. Annie Montreuil: Université du Québec à Montréal Dr. Tara Elton-Marshall: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Dr. Donna Turner: CancerCare Manitoba Dr. Al Artaman: CancerCare Manitoba Dr. Nazeem Muhajarine: University of Saskatchewan Dr. Cam Wild: University of Alberta Dr. Marjorie MacDonald: University of Victoria
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