Post by Moon Seeker on Jul 21, 2009 13:56:50 GMT -5
by night_surfer on July 21, 2009
in Health
Native Americans from across Georgia gathered in Hawkinsville to warn young people about the dangers of tobacco in the Native American Indian Youth Anti-Tobacco Summit.
It’s a three-day event that started Tuesday and runs through Thursday at noon. The goal of the summit is to teach children from an early age how harmful tobacco can be, while preserving its traditional uses, like during religious ceremonies or for medicinal purposes.
Lance Allrunner, with the Native American Cancer Research Corporation says tobacco products people buy in the store is different from tobacco used for traditional reasons. He says commercial tobacco has more toxins. He wants to see more young people working to make positive changes.
“Teach our young people about the traditional values being with the state people around policy-making. That’s a big part of what we want young people here to understand,” said Allrunner.
16 year-old Karissa Bedell of Perry, Florida attended the summit. She says she sees teens smoking and doing other drugs, but she doesn’t understand it. She hope she can take what she learns at the summit, and show others the way.
www.freshnews.in/native-american-indian-youth-anti-tobacco-summit-156429
in Health
Native Americans from across Georgia gathered in Hawkinsville to warn young people about the dangers of tobacco in the Native American Indian Youth Anti-Tobacco Summit.
It’s a three-day event that started Tuesday and runs through Thursday at noon. The goal of the summit is to teach children from an early age how harmful tobacco can be, while preserving its traditional uses, like during religious ceremonies or for medicinal purposes.
Lance Allrunner, with the Native American Cancer Research Corporation says tobacco products people buy in the store is different from tobacco used for traditional reasons. He says commercial tobacco has more toxins. He wants to see more young people working to make positive changes.
“Teach our young people about the traditional values being with the state people around policy-making. That’s a big part of what we want young people here to understand,” said Allrunner.
16 year-old Karissa Bedell of Perry, Florida attended the summit. She says she sees teens smoking and doing other drugs, but she doesn’t understand it. She hope she can take what she learns at the summit, and show others the way.
www.freshnews.in/native-american-indian-youth-anti-tobacco-summit-156429