This
website is hosted by the Aboriginal Tobacco Program of Cancer Care
Ontario. It has been created with input from Aboriginal youth and
guidance from community Elders.
It's part of a movement to create tobacco wise media messages with and for Aboriginal youth. Someone who is tobacco wise knows the difference between traditional and commercial tobacco and is empowered to make the necessary changes to protect their well being and that of their friends and community.
On our site, you will find:
- A resource library with downloadable public radio service announcements and
posters created with the help of Aboriginal youth across Ontario
- Information on tobacco and your health
- Information about Traditional Tobacco
- Teachings about tobacco from the Elders
- A quiz to show what you know about tobacco
- A survey to let us know how we can improve our site
Aboriginal Tobacco Program
The Aboriginal Tobacco Program (ATP) works with Aboriginal communities to decrease and prevent the misuse of tobacco.
Many
Aboriginal communities have a unique and sacred relationship with
Traditional Tobacco. In those communities, the Aboriginal Tobacco
Program is not seeking to create "tobacco free" communities; rather we
want to create "tobacco wise" communities that use tobacco in a sacred
way and do not feed a powerful and deadly addiction.