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PDF Secondhand Smoke Fact Sheet

Negative health and economic consequences that result from commercial tobacco use are not limited to those who make the conscious decision to continue smoking. Infants, children, and adult non-smokers are put at risk when they are exposed to secondhand smoke in the home, in vehicles, at work, and in public places. According to the latest U.S. Surgeon General Report, there is no safe level of exposure.1 Even brief exposure to secondhand smoke can result in immediate harm.

PDF Tobacco Fact Sheet – E-Cigarettes

E-cigarettes (a product category that includes disposable cigarette-like, e-hookah, vape pens, and refillable tank-like or personal vaporizers) are devices that heat a solution (nicotine and other additives) producing a vapor that is inhaled without combustion.

PDF National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP) Tribal Program Directors Contact List

Tribal Program Directors Contact List – Updated January 2014

PDF Indian Health Services Fact Sheet – Basis For Services

An awareness of the legal basis for the federal obligation to provide health care to American Indians and Alaska Natives is important when designing health care programs, developing federal budgets, coordinating with other agencies, and obtaining regulation waivers for selected Indian programs.

PDF Indian Health Service – Indian Health Disparities

The American Indian and Alaska Native people have long experienced lower health status when compared with other Americans. Lower life expectancy and the disproportionate disease burden exist perhaps because of inadequate education, disproportionate poverty, discrimination in the delivery of health services, and cultural differences. These are broad quality of life issues rooted in economic adversity and poor social conditions.