SOADI Frontline Training - CAMH - Nicotine Dependence Clinic

SOADI FRONTLINE TRAINING 33
Smoking Youth
Why are so many Aboriginal youth smoking?
• Consider:
• Culture (Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal).
• Community, family, nation.
• Media, advertising.
• Economic benefits of tobacco.
• Accessibility of tobacco; acceptance as a norm.
• Boredom, isolation, loneliness.
• Concurrent disorders (depression, substance abuse).
• Peer pressure.
• Or are they trying to replace something? (SOADI Grandmother,
Renee Thomas Hill)
Figure 29 Tobaccowise (Cancer
Care Ontario, Aboriginal Tobacco
Program)
Impact of Tobacco
What are the potential impacts (positive and negative) of
manufactured tobacco on a person, their family, their community,
etc.?
The impacts of commercial tobacco use include:
• Cigarette smoking at an early age may be a factor contributing
to the high prevalence of cardiovascular disease amongst
Aboriginal youth in Canada (Retnakaran et al. 2005)
• The use of commercial tobacco products kills 16,000 Aboriginal
people in Ontario every year (Aboriginal Cancer Care Unit
2008). That means approximately two Aboriginal people die
every hour of every day due to commercial tobacco use in
Ontario alone!
Smoking and Diabetes
Did you know?
• Cigarette smoking increases the risk of type 2 diabetes for all
people (Foy et al., 2005; Houston et al., 2006; Carlsson et al.,
2004; Sairenchi et al., 2004).
• Some research suggests a linear relationship between diabetes
and number of cigarettes smoked (Will et al., 2001; Houston et
al., 2006); however, other studies have not found this link
(Sairenchi et al., 2004; Rimm et al., 1995).
• Pregnant women who smoke may also be at an increased risk of
developing gestational diabetes (England et al., 2004).