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What will the WTPP will do for you in the 2008/2009 contract year?
• Help you understand the Washington State Tribal Gaming Compact X2 Amendment so that you can secure this funding for your Tribal tobacco program
• Develop and provide information on Secondhand Smoke Policies for Casinos & Tribal Businesses
• Develop and produce outreach materials for your Tribe that link smoking and diabetes complications, lung cancer, and cardio-vascular disease
• Provide you and your program with technical assistance as requested and through this webpage
• Assist you in accessing and using Tribal tobacco use and chronic disease systems data
• Co-host with the American Cancer Society two Native SpeakOUT workshops and help you with SpeakOUT training evaluation
• Provide a Native-specific tobacco cessation training and developing a “Cessation Program Tips” link from this webpage
TOBACCO NEWS FROM WASHINGTON STATE AND BEYOND
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[From Indian Country] Tribal smoke shops pit health concerns against economic need
[Washington] More Retailers Selling Tobacco to Minors
[Washington] Tobacco shop owners ordered to pay $9 million in cigarette-tax scheme: A former Puyallup Tribal Council member and her husband have both been sentenced to five years probation and ordered to pay more than $9 million in restitution for conspiring to traffic in contraband cigarettes
[Washington] Metro Parks Tacoma wants to outlaw smoking in parks
[Oregon] Ore. lawmaker: Cigarette tax hike likely to pass [In related news. . .] 60-cent-a-pack tax asked to cut back on smoking
[Oregon] Smoke-free policy may hit campus within two years
[Idaho] Cigarette smoking ban may be coming to a workplace near you
Yale psychiatrist uses Buddhist concept to help smokers quit
UMDNJ Study Shows Menthol Cigarettes Are More Addictive
Smokers Putting Their Loved Ones At Risk Of Heart Attacks
Smokers Have Rapid Aging Defect: Smokers and People With Premature Aging Disease Suffer Same Cell Defect
Public Health Approach Needed to Win the War on Cancer, Says “The Oncologist”: Experts Urge Action in Light of New Evidence on Effectiveness of Smoking Bans [Related: PDF Report] A Public Health Approach to Winning the War Against Cancer
[Campaign Launch: Your Patients are Listening] The Don’t Be Silent About Smoking campaign was originally launched in February 2008 [Campaign Information] Your Patients are Listening is the second phase of Don’t Be Silent About Smoking
[Press Release] New diagnoses may provide window of opportunity for health behavior change
Smoking Behavior Partially Explains Socioeconomic Inequities In Lung Cancer Incidence
Smoking, Drinking Should Matter in Movie Ratings, Parent Survey Finds: But, they underestimate potential impact film scenes have on their kids
Cigarette Product Placements anger Health Advocacy Group
Casino smoking bill seen lacking: Advocates of total ban tell lawmakers current proposal inadequate
[South Dakota] State Physician’s Group Supports Smoking Ban
Second-hand Smoke May Cause Dementia
ANNOUNCEMENTS
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The Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board present and the Northwest Film Center Young Filmmakers Program: CLEARING THE AIR: THE NATIVE TRUTH FILM PROJECT
- The majority of smokers begin before the age of 18 (nearly 80% before age 18, nearly 90% before age 20). truth Youth Smoking Campaign
- Based on the data available, among seniors in high school, American Indians and Alaska Natives had higher rates of tobacco use than all other youth. American Legacy Foundation Fact Sheet on American Indian, Alaska Natives and Tobacco
- Targeting American Indians for future customers, some tobacco companies use American Indian images and cultural symbols in their advertising, such as warriors, feathers, regalia and words like natural in the brand names. American Medical Association
American Indian communities in the Northwest now have new tools to use in the fight against tobacco use. The NativeTruth Film Project, a collaboration between the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board (NPAIHB) and the Film Center’s Young Filmmakers Program, has empowered 15 American Indian youth from Yakama Nation, Spokane Tribes, and Shoshone-Bannock Tribes to address the dangers of cigarette smoking by turning video cameras on their parents, friends, and community leaders.
Through the project, mentored by leaders in their local communities and filmmakers-in-residence Brian Lindstrom and Sue Arbuthnot, the young people have created peer-to-peer anti-smoking short documentaries and public service announcements for broad distribution to NPAIHB’s 43 member tribes and beyond.
With the youth filmmakers and mentors in attendance, the completed videos premiere in a FREE, public program on Saturday, May 16, at 5 p.m. in the Northwest Film Center’s Whitsell Auditorium inside the Portland Art Museum.
Made on location in their local communities, the videos include interviews with parents, community leaders and positive American Indian role models including professional bull rider Wiley Petersen and Hollywood actor Wes Studi (The Last of the Mohicans, Dances with Wolves) who currently stars in the NBC series Kings. Topics range from the harmful chemicals in cigarettes, differing generational views on smoking, and secondhand smoke in the workplace, to the difference between sacred tobacco use and commercial tobacco use. The program was funded, in part, by a grant from the American Legacy Foundation, a national public health foundation devoted to tobacco use prevention and cessation.
We invite everyone to attend this special opportunity to witness the potential of young people to be empowered by and empower others through film. A reception at 4 PM in the Portland Art Museum Andre Stevens Room, located adjacent to the theater, precedes the screening.
OPPORTUNITIES
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SHOUT OUTS!
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RESOURCES
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Appendix X2 Tools:
•Appendix X2 Fact Sheet
•How to Write a Proposal to Your Tribe for X2 Funding
•Legalese (Language from the Amendment)
State Contact: Julie Lies, Washington State Gambling Commission Tribal & Technical Gambling Division, (360) 486-3586
Tribal Tobacco Policy Workbook Click Here!
Brochures developed by NPAIHB’s Western Tobacco Prevention Project for Tribes in Washington State. Available soon from the Washington State Clearinghouse. Download here for your own printing:
•How to Protect Yourself and Your Loved Ones from Secondhand Smoke
•Ready to Quit Smoking?
•Things You Should Know About Secondhand Smoke
Indigenous Peoples Task Force Creating Healthier Policies in Indian Casinos Tribal Report
BRAINSTORMS AND COLLABORATIONS
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WASHINGTON STATE CALENDAR ITEMS
July 2008
August 2008
September 2008
October 2008
November 2008
December 2008
January 2009
February 2009
March 2009
April 2009
May 2009
June 2009
7/9 WA DOH TDAC Meeting
9:30am-2:30pm
Contact: TPCP, (360) 236-3730
8/18 WA DOH Evaluation Conference Call
11:00am-12:00pm
Contact: TPCP, (360) 236-3730
8/20 WA DOH Disparities Conference Call
11:00am-12:00pm
Contact: TPCP, (360) 236-3730
8/27 WA DOH Secondhand Smoke Conference Call
11:00am-12:00pm
Contact: TPCP, (360) 236-3730
9/4 WA DOH Implementation Advisory Committee Meeting
9:30-3:00pm
Contact: TPCP, (360) 236-3730
9/10 WA DOH TDAC Meeting
9:30am-2:30pm
Contact: TPCP, (360) 236-3730
10/2 WA DOH Cessation Conference Call
11:00am-12:00pm
Contact: TPCP, (360) 236-3730
10/13 WA DOH Youth Conference Call
11:00am-12:00pm
Contact: TPCP, (360) 236-3730
10/29 -10/30 WA DOH Tribal Coordinators Meeting
Click Here for the Agenda
Location: Puyallup Tribal Buildings, Tribal Health Clinic (until lunch on Day 1) and Puyallup Tribe Spirit House (remainder of the meeting)
2209 East 32nd Street, Tacoma WA, 98404
Directions: Going South I-5: Exit I-5 at Exit 135 (Puyallup/Portland Avenue). Go to the stoplight at Portland Avenue. Turn left under the freeway and go to East 32nd St (at a stop light). Turn left at East 32nd and go up the hill to the clinic (on your left at the top of the hill). Going North I-5: Exit 1-5 at Exit 135 (Puyallup). At the end of the exit is a stop light at Portland Avenue, turn right. Go to East 32nd St (at a stop light), turn left at East 32nd, and go up the hill to the clinic (on your left at the top of the hill).
Contact: TPCP, (360) 236-3730
11/17 WA DOH Evaluation Conference Call
11:00am-12:00pm
Contact: TPCP, (360) 236-3730
11/19 WA DOH Disparities Conference Call
11:00am-12:00pm
Contact: TPCP, (360) 236-3730
11/21 Second Wind Stop Smoking Program for American Indians and Alaska Natives Facilitators Training, Stillaguamish Tribe (building to be announced)
Click Here for Training Agenda
Click Here for Training Registration
Contact, Terresa White, (503) 416-3272
E-mail:
11/26 WA DOH Evaluation Conference Call
11:00am-12:00pm
Contact: TPCP, (360) 236-3730
12/4 WA DOH Implementation Advisory Committee Meeting
9:30-3:00pm
Contact: TPCP, (360) 236-3730
12/10 WA DOH TDAC Meeting
9:30am-2:30pm
Contact: TPCP, (360) 236-3730
2/18 Second Wind Stop Smoking Program for American Indians and Alaska Natives Facilitators Training, Yakama Nation (building to be announced)
Click Here for Training Agenda
Click Here for Training Registration
3/12 Risky Business Training, Portland Oregon
8:30am - 4:30pm, lunch provided
527 SW Hall, Ste. 300, Portland, OR 97201
Contact: Lisa Griggs, (503) 416-3269
E-mail:
Target participants: Tribal Health Directors, CHRs, health educators, nurses and others involved in community health education.
3/4 WA DOH Disparities Conference Call
11:00am - Noon
Contact: Dave Harrelson, (360) 236-3685
E-mail:
4/20 Northwest Tribal Cancer Coalition Meeting, Grand Ronde, OR
10:45am - 4:00pm
Contact: Eric Vinson, (503) 416-3295
E-mail:
4/21,22 Northern Plains Tobacco Control Institute, Rapid City South Dakota
Contact: Lisa Kerfoot, (866) 203-1039
E-mail:
Website: Northern Plains Tobacco Prevention Project
5/16 NativeTruth Film Project Premier, Portland Oregon
Location: Northwest Film Center’s Whitsell Auditorium at the Portland Art Museum, 1219 SW Park Ave., Portland Oregon
Contact Northwest Film Center: Jessica Lyness, 503-221-1156 x14 or
Contact Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board: Nichole Hildebrandt, 503-753-5245,
Click Here for a Press Release
See “Announcements” above for more information
5/20 CANCELED
CANCELED 9:00am - 4:00pm
Contact: Carla Huyck, (360) 236-3678
E-mail:
5/21 CANCELED
CANCELED 8:45am - 2:30pm
Contact: Terresa White, (503) 416-3272
E-mail:
Click Here for Agenda
5/30 CANCELED
CANCELED 10:00am - 4:00pm
CANCELEDClick Here for Workshop Flyer Click Here for Adult Participation Agreement Click Here for Youth Participation Agreement Click Here for Agenda
Contact: Kelly Kasner, (425) 322-1130
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