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Ninety percent of smokers started before the age of 19, and almost a quarter of them started by the age of 10.  The younger children are when they first try smoking, the more likely they are to become regular tobacco users and the harder it will be to quit.  Shannon was one of those kids. […]

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY DUE NEXT MONTH- NPCCCP RFP 2016-2017 COMMUNITY GRANTS

Just a reminder that you are invited to submit a proposal for the Northern Plains Cancer Coalition Community Grants project in accordance with the requirements set forth in the attached Request for Proposal (RFP).   The Northern Plains Comprehensive Cancer Control Program has a funding opportunity open to tribes, tribal agencies, urban tribal programs, tribal […]

Lakota No Smoking Sign Contest

  Great Plains Tribal Chairman's Health Board and Missouri Breaks are holding a contest to design a Lakota No Smoking Sign. Enter the contest!Print the attached poster to hang in your office or community.Print the attached poster and pass it out to the talented Lakota artists you knowForward this email to your contacts in Lakota Country.Share our […]

Smoking Isn’t Taking Care of Yourself

By Leah Todd, SEARHC Health Educator JUNEAU, Alaska – Andra grew up watching her parents smoke.  It seemed normal to her.  At nine years old, she tried her first cigarette.  She smoked off and on until she quit for her pregnancy.  Andra became a non-smoker for the next thirty years.  But six years ago, during […]

Alaska Native Tobacco Prevention Community Toolkit

The Alaska Native Tobacco Prevention Toolkit is for community grantees of the State of Alaska, Tobacco Prevention and Control Program and anyone who seeks to work with tribes in their journey to become tobacco-free. This toolkit shares resources and ideas for working within a variety of settings in tribal communities, such as health clinics and […]

AASTEC Tobacco Mini Grant RFA FY 2017

Albuquerque Area Southwest Tribal Epidemiology Center request for applications.  Comprehensive approaches to American Indian Health & Wellness:  Commercial Tobacco Control Program FY 2017 Tribal Mini-Grants Promoting policy, health system, and environmental improvements to address commercial tobacco use by providing competitive grant funding for tribal-based projects. DEADLINE:  September 23, 2016

National Native Network Newsletter – August 2016

This issue’s highlights include: 2016 CDC Cancer Summit Report GPTCHB Online Cancer Education Modules NNN Podcast Series Premiere Episode with Richard Mousseau MMWR Report – Some Racial, Ethnic Groups Continue Smoking Cigarettes at Higher Rates Patient Navigation Barriers and Outcomes Tool How Mortality Data Fails Native Americans New Publications and Reports Infographics If you have […]

How Mortality Data Fails Native Americans

ORIGINAL ARTICLE by Kate Wheeling of Pacific Standard HERE It’s no secret that the Indian Health Service, the federal agency tasked with providing health-care services to American Indians and Alaska Natives, is underfunded and overburdened; Native Americans are more likely to die from liver disease, diabetes, homicide, suicide, and respiratory diseases than the general population […]

Smoking Rates are Dropping for Racial and Ethnic Groups – Except One

ORIGINAL ARTICLE by Kimbriell Kelly of The Washington Post HERE Cigarette smoking among U.S. adults continues to slide among almost all racial and ethnic groups, but big disparities remain, according to a new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Among whites and blacks, a quarter still light up.  By contrast, barely one […]

Low cost, desire to quit smoking play into youth e-cigarette use

ORIGINAL ARTICLE by Amanda Cuba of CT Post HERE Teens and adolescents who used e-cigarettes for more than six months cited low cost and the desire to quit smoking as two of the biggest reasons for their habit, according to a study by Yale University researchers. The researchers’ goal was to gain insight into the […]
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