NITHA - Tobacco Control Program

The overall goal is to address the commercial misuse of tobacco while being respectful of the traditional use of tobacco. While traditional tobacco is used for spiritual, cultural and ceremonial purposes, commercial tobacco is very harmful to our health.

Objectives include:

• Conduct literature reviews and environmental scans to identify best practices on tobacco cessation strategies and current tobacco policies
• Develop and deliver comprehensive, culturally sensitive and effective tobacco reduction initiatives at a pace acceptable to our communities
• Promote the health of our communities by decreasing the prevalence of commercial tobacco smoking and smokeless tobacco use among all age groups, in particular among youth and pregnant women
• Decrease the uptake of smoking among youth
• Decrease the impacts of environmental tobacco smoke on the health of our community members
• Engage our community leadership in learning about, voicing opinions and supporting commercial tobacco reduction strategies

Call (306) 953-5016, or use the website.

Phone

(306) 953-5016

Website

http://www.nitha.com/tobacco-control/