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Siletz
Community
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Tribe Receives $75,000 for Youth
Tobacco Prevention
Cheney Chrisman (I), Levi Bolt, Brittney Payne, Shantel Hostler,
Samantha Lynch, and Heidi Hibdon
Youth Participate in Reward
Reminder Activity
Earlier this year, a group of Siletz
youth had quite a learning experience
when they participated in “Reward
Reminder” in the Lane County area.
This activity was the result of the
collaboration efforts of Shannon
Chrisman, the tribe’s Tobacco
Prevention and Education Program
coordinator; Miranda Strong, Eugene
area office community health advocate;
and Elizabeth Miglioretto from the
Lane County Public Health Department.
Shantel Hostler
In the “Reward Reminder” activity,
teens enter a store with only $ 1 and ask
to purchase a tobacco product, such as
cigarettes or spit tobacco. If the store
clerk does not sell to them, the teens
will give him/her a “congratulations”
letter and a gift certificate (reward).
The “congratulations” letter praises
and thanks the store for protecting youth
by not selling tobacco products to them.
If the store clerk sells to a minor, he/she
is given an “oops” letter (reminder).
The “oops” letter says, “Oops, you
sold to a minor.” It asks storeowners to
not sell to minors in the future and
informs them of the law. It also tells
them they could be fined up to $500
per offense for selling tobacco products
to minors. The letter also asks them to
protect children’s health in the future
by not selling tobacco products to them.
Youth also observed whether or not
they were asked for ID to prove their
age, where stores place tobacco products,
and if stores have a lot of tobacco
industry signs that market the products.
Lane County Public Health
provided the dollars for the youth, who
never exchange money with the clerk
for tobacco products or actually hold
or touch a tobacco product. They can
purchase soda or candy if they want to
with the dollar.
In this particular activity, none of the
Lane County stores sold any tobacco
products to the youth. Some of the kids
thought it would be fun to do the “Reward
Reminder” activity in the Toledo,
Newport, and Siletz areas in the future.
Youth who participated in March
included Samantha Lynch, Brittney
Payne, Shantel Hostler, Heidi Hibdon,
Lynetta Benedict, Todd White, Levi
Bolt-Martin, Lynette Hibdon, and 1 ittlest
group member Cheney Chrisman. Tribal
youth James Boe, Megan Crookes,
Jerome Viles, and Wade Crookes from
the Eugene area have participated in
“Reward Reminder” activities in Eugene
since last November.
All of these youth are part of
ongoing youth tobacco prevention
activities in the community.
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The Confederated Tribes of Siletz
Indians of Oregon has received a grant
of $75,000 from the American Legacy
Foundation® (Legacy) to fund a
tobacco education media project. As
part of Legacy’s $21 million grant
program, the tribe was selected to
strengthen existing tobacco prevention
and cessation efforts and create new
strategies for addressing tobacco-
related health disparities among
American Indians and Alaska Natives.
The 1997 National Health
Interview Survey data show that overall
current smoking prevalence is 34.1
percent for American Indian and Alaska
Native adults. This is compared to the
national average of 23.5 percent of all
adults in the United States who smoke,
according to CDC 1999 data.
“This award is a wonderful
opportunity for our tribal youth to work
together, to learn about, and to share
with our community the detrimental
effects of tobacco on our Native people.
It’s an opportunity for the youth to
Miranda Strong and Lynetta Benedict.
create tobacco prevention messages
while honoring cultural traditions. We
are excited about this opportunity for
our youth to be role models and to be
able to send a message that can be
shared with our younger children, our
elders, and also be shared with other
tribes in Oregon,” said Delores Pigsley,
tribal chairman.
This tobacco education media
project will involve the tribal youth in
producing culturally specific materials,
such as a video, Web site, and posters.
During the development and production
process, youth will be exposed to
tobacco prevention curriculum, gain
cultural knowledge, and develop
technical and social skills. These
materials will be used for tribal tobacco
prevention efforts in schools and at
cultural and community events.
Legacy’s grants are designed to
address populations that have been
disproportionately harmed by tobacco
and have long been targeted by the
tobacco industry. This grant is part of
Legacy’s Priority Populations program,
which will provide $21 million over
three years to a broad range of
organizations that employ effective and
innovative approaches to decrease
tobacco use.
In addition to the Confederated
Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon,
Legacy also has awarded grants to 10
other organizations working to address
tobacco control within the American
Indian and Alaska Native population.
For more information on the
American Legacy Foundation, visit
www.americanlegacy.org.
Be Aware of Pharmacy Guidelines
The pharmacy at the Siletz Community Health Clinic thanks you for your
patience with the changes in procedures we’ve been making over the last year.
To make these changes easier on our patients, the pharmacy asks for your
support of the following guidelines when you request medication refills.
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Be aware that pharmacy policy allows only a 30-day supply of medication
Use the pharmacy refill line (541 -444-9624) to request refills and indicate
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Allow at least 48 hours for medications to be refilled. This includes requests
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