Kim Ruptash
Kim, an addiction and tobacco reduction counsellor with Alberta Health Services Community Addiction and Mental Health for 18 years, is a Certified Tobacco Educator and Canadian Certified Addiction Counsellor. She has extensive knowledge and experience in tobacco prevention, education, cessation and policy work. She has a keen interest in shaping and influencing healthy behavior, especially among youth and their key influencers. She is a wife, volunteer and Mom of 3 girls aged 8, 11 and 13, who has a passion for debunking myths and filtering messages in research to people of all ages.