Tobacco

Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Targeting Aboriginal Youth....................................................................................................2
Enlisting Community Support...............................................................................................3
Planning a Youth Support Group.........................................................................................4
Aboriginal Concepts.................................................................................................................5
Groups and Circle Format.......................................................................................................6
The Talking Circle......................................................................................................................6
The Healing Circle.....................................................................................................................7
The Medicine Wheel.................................................................................................................8
Activities......................................................................................................................................9
Urban Aboriginal Youth and Smoking..................................................................................9
Traditional Use versus Non-Traditional Use.........................................................................9
My Tobacco Family Tree........................................................................................................10
My Web of Tobacco Friends.................................................................................................10
Community Guest Speakers.................................................................................................10
Poster Creation.......................................................................................................................11
ETS – Environmental Tobacco Smoke.................................................................................11
The Myth of Light and Mild Cigarettes............................................................................. 12
Out of the Ashes................................................................................................................... 12
Support Networks..................................................................................................................13
Stress........................................................................................................................................14
Notes.......................................................................................................................................... 16
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