Normative approaches can help reduce factors such as peer pressure bydebunking myths about young people's behaviour - for example, the ideathat it is "normal" to smoke - and stressing the reality in a positivelight.
The consultation was the second of three Home Office-funded meetings toinform a series of written briefings on PSHE.
Speaking at the meeting were Wes Perkins, Hobarts and William SmithCollege, New York State, and Niall Coggins, Strathclyde University.
- For further information email sblake@ncb.org.uk.
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