Sacred Life Promoting Smoke-Free Lifestyles in Indian Country
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Sacred Life Promoting Smoke-Free Lifestyles in Indian Country Volume 4, Issue 4 August 2014 Special Points of I n t e r e s t : A TIP About Second-Hand Smoke: Nathan’s Story Real Stories from the TIPS Campaign —From the CDC’s TIPS which he did for 14 years. Study Finds Youth Who Campaign 2014. "I can't do any of those Have Used E-cigarettes are things anymore," he said. Almost Twice as Likely to Nathan decided it was Intend to Smoke Conven- Nathan, a Native Ameri- tional Cigarettes can and member of the important to share his Oglala Sioux tribe, had per- story, with the hope that National Retailer Re- manent lung damage. He others would not suffer as moves Tobacco Products never smoked cigarettes, he did. He spoke at from Stores but for 11 years he worked schools, Pow-Wows, and at a casino that allowed conferences as much as his Smoke-Free Laws Were smoking. After breathing health allowed. He wanted Followed by Fewer Hospi- to make everyone aware of talizations for Respiratory people's cigarette smoke Diseases, Among Other daily, Nathan began to have the dangers of smoking and Conditions, According to a frequent asthma attacks exposure to secondhand New Study. triggered by the secondhand s m o k e . smoke. "You could see the Young people were a Smoking Bans Cut Health smoke hovering inside the special passion for Nathan. Care Costs and Protect He urged teens not to start Non-smokers casino," he recalled. As he worked at the ca- called bronchiectasis. Lung smoking and if they did, to sino, Nathan noticed more damage from bronchiectasis quit. He encouraged every- Inside this issue: changes to his health. Along is permanent. His lung prob- one to protect children from with asthma attacks, he lems were so serious that secondhand smoke. started having frequent prob- Nathan finally had to leave his "Some people tell me they TIPS on SHS 1 lems with eye irritation, head- job to avoid the smoke. Just smoke, and I ask them if they aches, allergies, ear and sinus walking a short distance, he have grandchildren. 'If you Youth & E-Cigarettes 2 infections, and bronchitis. would get out of breath and smoke, you may be taking Over the years, the symp- had to use oxygen daily. that smoke home to the toms got worse. "A common Nathan and his wife en- grandchildren and their small Canli Coalition Float 3 cold escalated into pneumo- joyed a long marriage with lungs,' I tell them. I never nia, sending me to the emer- five adult children and three smoked; look what happened grandchildren. Nathan prided to me. I want to make people 4 gency room," he said. "During CVS Stops Cigarette himself on being a very active aware of the damage that Sales one of the visits, a doctor was looking at x-rays of my person. As a young man, he exposure to secondhand served in the Second Battal- Smoking Bans 5 lungs and commented that I smoke can do to you." had the lungs of a heavy ion, Fifth Marines reconnais- smoker. I told him, 'I never sance division, where he re- The secondhand smoke UTTC Smoke-Free 6 ceived sniper training. He also Campus smoked a day in my life!'" Nathan was exposed to per- In 2009, doctors deter- raced motorcycles and re- manently damaged his lungs ceived sponsorship from a Traditional Tobacco 7 mined that Nathan's airways and led to his early death. He Benefits were seriously damaged by major motorcycle company. died on October 17, 2013. repeated infections from ex- Nathan participated in He was 54. Meet the New 8 posure to secondhand tribal dance competitions and NPTTTAC Manager smoke, which led to scarring loved to referee at high and widening of his airways school basketball games, http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/campaign/tips/ groups/american-indian-alaska-native.html Volume 4, Issue 4 P a g e 2 More Than a Quarter-million Youth Who Had Never Smoked a Cigarette Used E-cigarettes in 2013 -August 25th, 2014. Press Release from youth e-cigarette users were nearly million Americans every year. More twice as likely to have intentions to the CDC. than 16 million Americans live with a smoke conventional cigarettes com- smoking-related disease. Smoking- More than a quarter of a million youth pared with youth who had never tried related diseases cost Americans who had never smoked a cigarette e-cigarettes.” said Rebecca Bunnell, used electronic cigarettes in 2013, ac- Sc.D., M.Ed., Associate Director for $132 billion a year in direct health cording to a CDC study published in Science in CDC’s Office on Smoking care expenses, much of which the journal Nicotine and Tobacco Re- and Health and the lead author of the comes in taxpayer-supported pay- search. This number reflects a three- study. ments. Each day, more than 3,200 fold increase, from about 79,000 in American youth smoke their first 2011, to more than 263,000 in 2013. The analysis also looked at the asso- cigarette. The Surgeon General has ciation between tobacco advertise- The data, which comes from the 2011, ments and smoking intentions among concluded that unless the smoking 2012, and 2013 National Youth To- middle and high school students. Stu- rate is rapidly reduced, 5.6 million bacco surveys of middle and high dents were asked about whether they American children alive today – school students, show that youth who had seen tobacco ads on the internet, about one in every 13—will die pre- had never smoked conventional ciga- in magazines and newspapers, in retail maturely from a smoking-related rettes but who used e-cigarettes were stores, and in television programs and almost twice as likely to intend to movies. Consistent with previous disease. smoke conventional cigarettes as those studies, this study found that youth who had never used e-cigarettes. who reported exposure to to- Among non-smoking youth who had bacco ads had higher rates of ever used e-cigarettes, 43.9 percent intention to smoke than those said they intended to smoke conven- who weren’t exposed to such tional cigarettes within the next year, ads. compared with 21.5 percent of those who had never used e-cigarettes. The researchers also found the greater the number of advertis- “We are very concerned about nico- ing sources to which young tine use among our youth, regardless people were exposed, the of whether it comes from conventional greater their rate of intention cigarettes, e-cigarettes or other to- to smoke cigarettes. Thirteen bacco products. Not only is nicotine percent of students who said highly addictive, it can harm adolescent they had no exposures to such brain development.” said Tim McAfee, ads had intentions to smoke, M.D., M.P.H., Director of CDC’s Office compared to 20.4 percent on Smoking and Health. among those who reported exposures from one to two ad There is evidence that nicotine’s ad- sources and 25.6 percent verse effects on adolescent brain devel- among those who reported opment could result in lasting deficits exposures from three to four of in cognitive function. Nicotine is highly the sources. addictive. About three out of every four teen smokers become adult smok- More than 50 years since the ers, even if they intend to quit in a few landmark Surgeon General’s years. Report linking cigarette smoking “The increasing number of young peo- to lung cancer, smoking remains ple who use e-cigarettes should be a the leading cause of preventable concern for parents and the public death and disease in the United health community, especially since States. Smoking kills nearly half a http://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2014/p0825-e-cigarettes.html Volume 4, Issue 4 P a g e 3 The Canli Coalition’s Float Draws Attention to the Impact of Secondhand Smoke on Tribal Youth The Cheyenne River Sioux parade spectators witnessed a The Canli Coalition also shares Tribe’s Canli (Chun-lee: Lakota moving sight, as the coalition’s educational material and updates word for tobacco) Coalition is a float drove by with powerful about program activities on social recognizable force in the battle to smoke-free messages both writ- media sights such as Twitter and control tobacco and create ten and visual. Six chairs, 5 with Facebook. They can be found at smoke-free tribal environments. school books and shoes and one ( https://twitter.com/ Research shows that smoke-free lone chair draped in a starquilt, CanliCoalition) & (https:// public spaces protect children signified the alarming statistic www.facebook.com/ and non-smokers from the harm- found on a float sign that read, CanliCoalitionOfCRST) ful effects of second-hand smoke. “1 in 6 kids on CRST will die Creating safe and healthier envi- from tobacco, if we don’t make a ronments will improve the over- change.” The Canli Coalition has all health of tribal members and a mission to protect children and future generations of American non-smokers by making all public Indian people. spaces of the Cheyenne River Reservation, smoke-free . The Canli Coalition advocates for policy change and works hard to provide tobacco prevention education, resources, and to maintain a noticeable presence at community events. At the An- nual 2014 CRST Fair & Rodeo, Image: The Canli Coalition’s Parade Float warns the community about smoking rates and the impact of tobacco on CRST youth, as young onlookers enjoy the parade, at the 2014 CRST Tribal Fair. From the Canli Coalition of CRST Facebook Page.