Secondhand Smoke

www.ayn.ca
The Aboriginal Youth Network is a web site providing an opportunity for Aboriginal youth to find more information and links related to health, education and employment opportunities. It has a number of resources for Aboriginal youth about commercial tobacco and increasing knowledge around traditional tobacco.

www.akrc.on.ca
The Anishinaabeg of Kabapikotawangag Resource Council (AKRC) established in 1995, is mandated to provide Tribal council and other services to six First Nations located on Grand Council Treaty 3 territory, including Anishinaabeg of Naongashiing, Big Grassy River First Nation, Northwest Angle #33 (Dog Paw & Angle Inlet), Northwest Angle #37 (Regina Bay & Windigo Island), Ojibways of Onigaming and Wauzhushk Onigum Nation. This site also has a number of resources regarding traditional tobacco.

Youth Tobacco Sites

www.stupid.ca is a website developed for youth by youth regarding tobacco.

www.quit4life.com is organized around 4 central steps: Get Psyched, Get Smart, Get Support, Get on with it. The site has been redesigned as an interactive and personalized 4 week web smoking cessation program.

www.tobaccofacts.org is a web site out of British Columbia with various resources, games surrounding tobacco control for youth, parents and teachers. It also has a number of images on a specific "puke page" that contain shocking images related to commercial tobacco.

www.bigtobaccosucks.com is a website out of California that has a lot of information of tobacco companies and the corporate environment around tobacco.

www.leavethepackbehind.org provides information about tobacco and smoking to post secondary students.

www.cancercare.on.ca is an umbrella organization that steers and coordinates Ontario's cancer services and prevention efforts so that fewer people get cancer, and patients receive the highest possible quality of care. Cancer Care Ontario advises the Ontario government on all aspects of provincial cancer care, provides information to health care providers and decision-makers, and motivates better cancer system performance.

Related Sites

www.media-network.org
The Ontario tobacco control (otc) media network (mn) was developed in 2000, with a goal to provide a collective voice to the media, ensuring frequency and framing of tobacco control messaging.

www.americanlegacy.org
The American Legacy Foundation's work to reduce tobacco use among young people includes a major national tobacco youth prevention and education effort known as the truth® campaign. Advertising, grassroots and promotional events, and an interactive Web site give teens the facts about the health effects, social costs and addictiveness of tobacco so they can make informed decisions about tobacco use.

www.ctica.org
The CTI Program is a cooperative effort between the Ontario Medical Association (OMA), the Ontario Pharmacists' Association (OPA) and the Ontario Dental Association (ODA). CTI provides a systematic approach to help medical, dental, and pharmacy professionals help their patients stop smoking and prevent younger patients from starting.

www.otru.org
The Ontario Tobacco Research Unit (OTRU) is a focal point for an active tobacco control research network in Ontario.

www.cctc.ca
The CCTC envisions a strong and effective tobacco control movement in which the CCTC plays an important role in diminishing the adverse impact to the health of Canadians caused by tobacco industry products. The CCTC believes that increasing the effectiveness and capacity of individuals and organizations involved in tobacco control can achieve the vision of a smoke free society in Canada.

www.hc-sc.gc.ca
Health Canada's goal is for Canada to be among the countries with the healthiest people in the world. Health Canada provides a number of excellent resources sites on a variety of topics such as an Aboriginal Tobacco Control Program.

www.ptfc-cfc.on.ca
PTCC aims to improve the delivery of effective, comprehensive, tobacco use reduction interventions in Ontario by increasing the capacity of providers and organizations who engage in these activities

www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/cigarette
A website that chronicles a program on PBS which shows the tobacco industry's decades long effort to create a "safer" cigarette. A cigarette may look simple, but this website has links providing information that cigarettes are carefully engineered for a specific purpose.

www.theotn.org
The OTN is a provincial interagency network consisting of the Canadian Cancer Society, Ontario Division (CCS), the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario (HSFO) and the The Lung Association (TLA) . The network is funded by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care and supported in-kind by CCS, HSFO, OLA and the Ontario Campaign for Action on Tobacco (OCAT).

www.nsra-adnf.ca
The Non-Smokers' Rights Association is a non-profit health organization that has been at the forefront of tobacco-control efforts in Canada and around the world for the past quarter-century. The NSRA was founded in Toronto in 1974 by Rosalee Berlin, a registered nurse whose allergies made her particularly sensitive to second-hand smoke. It began as a small volunteer group dedicated to achieving clean air for non-smokers.

www.turtleisland.org
Aboriginal and First Nations news and information network. A well-managed intersection for Aboriginal Peoples and youth on the Information Highway

www.nandecade.ca
This web site is the online resource for Nishnawbe Aski Nation's Decade for Youth & Development Office. We are located in Thunder Bay, Ontario and we service all 49 NAN member communities in North Western Ontario.

www.unya.bc.ca
A youth website from British Columbia. Urban Native Youth Association was formed to address Aboriginal youth issues when it became apparent that growing numbers of young people were leaving the reserve for the city.

www.nativeweb.org
Native Web is an international, nonprofit, educational organization dedicated to using telecommunications including computer technology and the Internet to disseminate information from and about indigenous nations, peoples, and organizations around the world; to foster communication between native and non-native peoples; to conduct research involving indigenous peoples' usage of technology and the Internet; and to provide resources, mentoring, and services to facilitate indigenous peoples' use of this technology.

www.ainc-inac.gc.ca
A website dedicated to the Federal Department of Indian and Northern Affairs. It has a number of resources for Aboriginal people in Canada

www.naaf.ca
The National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation (NAAF) is a nationally registered non-profit organization devoted to excellence and providing the educational tools necessary for Aboriginal youth to achieve brighter futures

www.knet.ca
A website geared to Aboriginal communities in Northern Ontario

www.powwows.com
A website geared to the pow wow trail for Aboriginal youth, families and communities. A number of resources available outlining topics such as pow wow etiquette and location and dates of pow wows all across Turtle Island.

www.chiefs-of-ontario.org
Chiefs of Ontario is a coordinating body for 134 First Nation communities located within the boundaries of the Province of Ontario. The purpose of the Chiefs of Ontario office is to enable the political leadership to discuss regional, provincial and national priorities affecting First Nation people in Ontario.

www.firstnations.com
A website for Aboriginal people to join discussion groups regarding political, social and health related issues.