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“Mainstream interventions do not appear to have reduced commercial tobacco use in Indigenous communities. In view of 50 years of tobacco control experience with the general population, it is unrealistic to expect a major reduction in Indigenous smoking rates without the development of community-driven, sustainable, culturally relevant programming.”
- Alethea Kewayosh, Director, Indigenous Cancer Control Unit
- John Atkinson, Vice President of Cancer Prevention and Tobacco Control, Canadian Cancer Society
“Commercial tobacco cessation services are needed in our community. With smoking rates among Canada’s Indigenous populations nearly twice as high as those of non-Indigenous Canadians, it is time for accessible and culturally services to support our community members to quit or reduce smoking or vaping”