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Aboriginal Tobacco Use In Canada

Aboriginal Tobacco Use In Canada. Binational Contraband Conference February 2-3, 2011 Michael.Chaiton@utoronto.ca Ontario Tobacco Research Unit . Heavy Burden. 1.5 times adjusted smoking-attributable mortality . Source: Wardman & Khan, 2004. Heavy Burden.

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Aboriginal Tobacco Use In Canada

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  1. Aboriginal Tobacco Use In Canada Binational Contraband Conference February 2-3, 2011 Michael.Chaiton@utoronto.ca Ontario Tobacco Research Unit

  2. Heavy Burden 1.5 times adjusted smoking-attributable mortality Source: Wardman & Khan, 2004

  3. Heavy Burden 1 in every 5 deaths Source: Wardman & Khan, 2004

  4. Religious and political institutions

  5. Estimates suggest that smoking prevalence was nearly 100% among males Source: Von Gernet, 2000

  6. European practice of smoking was a fundamentally different activity

  7. First Nations smokers consume fewer cigarettes per day

  8. Source: Aboriginal Health Survey, CCHS, Environics (2004)

  9. Differences in age and education explain most but not all of the gap in smoking prevalence

  10. Source: Aboriginal Health Survey, CCHS, Environics

  11. 7% of quitline callers in Canada are Aboriginal Source: Hayward, 2007

  12. First Nations smokers less willing to use NRT or buproprion Source: Wardman, 2007

  13. Policy intervention • Key policy levers not in place on many reserves • Lower prices maintain high smoking rates • No smoking bans (indoor smoking in public place)

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