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Elders
Quotes
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The following
are statements from elders regarding the use of tobacco.
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Tobacco
is the first gift given for prayer, medicine, healing and ceremonies.
- To achieve
harmony, we need to regain our balance: to honour our Creator
and ourselves by stopping the misuse of tobacco among
our people.
- Tobacco
is a sacred product
- Today...I
have Grandchildren, Great-grandchildren and I tell them not to
smoke.
- Today’s
youth don't listen to older people because their friends are smoking.
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Tobacco was a means of sharing thoughts and views with other people
in a circle.
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The tobacco smoked today is different. It has lots of chemical.
This is why people get cancer.
- Today,
we don’t take tobacco like the old people used to do, with
Respect and Honour.
- Women
did not smoke in the communities long ago, unless she was spiritual
or a medicine woman.
- Tobacco
was spiritual and had a traditional purpose.
- Tobacco
is given to men who are spiritual (given a gift)
- Tobacco
is not treated with Respect today. There is protocol that goes
with the offering of tobacco that is not honoured or is often
overlooked today.
- Tobacco
is not as pure as it used to be.
- Tobacco
was grown with Mother Earth a long time ago and used that way.
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It
is important to re-educate our people - remembering where we
come from and what we know today - in order to make a difference
for tomorrow for our children and Grandchildren
- Leonard Ward in Turtle Island Network News, january 20, 2000
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Tobacco
Links
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- Aboriginal
Youth Network
Link to the Aboriginal Youth Network main
page
- Go
Smoke Free (Health Canada)
The goal
of comprehensive tobacco control programs is to reduce disease,
disability and death related to tobacco use by
- Preventing the initiation of tobacco use among young people
- Promoting quitting among young people and adults
- Eliminating non-smokers' exposure to environmental tobacco
smoke (ETS)
- Identifying and eliminating the disparities related to
tobacco use and its effects among different population groups
- Ministry
of Health - Tobacco Strategy
(Province of British Columbia)
British Columbia's tobacco strategy includes
awareness campaigns and education programs, legal action
against the industry and legislative changes. As a result
of these efforts, British Columbia is recognized as a world
leader in tobacco prevention, and was awarded the Tobacco
Free World Award by the World Health Organization in 2000.
British Columbia has the lowest overall smoking rate in
the country, dropping from 22% in 1997 to 16% in 2003.
- Bill
213 - Tobacco Control Amendment Act, 2002 Queen's Printer
(Province of Saskatchewan)
Tobacco Control Amendment Act
- Canadian
Legal Information Institute
Tobacco Control Act
- Law
Society of Saskatchewan
Tobacco Control Act
- World
Health Organization (Tobacco Free Initiative)
Research tools include Library database (WHOLIS);
A guide to Statistical information at WHO (WHOLIS); WHO
family of international classification; Geographical information
tools; Media Centre; and WHO collaborating centres
- Canadian
Council for Tobacco Control
The National Clearinghouse on Tobacco and
Health is a program of the Canadian Council for Tobacco
Control that offers a comprehensive inventory of critical
information for health intermediaries and other professionals
in the field of tobacco control
- Pan
American Health Organization
PAHO is an international public health agency
with 100 years of experience in working to improve health
and living standards of the countries of the Americas. It
serves as the specialized organization for health of the
Inter-American System. It also serves as the Regional Office
for the Americas of the World Heath Organization and enjoys
international recognition as part of the United Nations
system.
- Canadian
Tobacco Control Research Initiative
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