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Men and tobacco: Healthy Traditions - Time to think about your garden The Tribal Healthy Traditions project Eight great seeks to improve the health of Siletz Trib al members through educational activities reasons to quit that promote the use of traditional foods 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. You’ll live longer. • Men who don’t smoke live about 13 years longer than men who do. • Tobacco causes more deaths than alcohol, cocaine, heroin, car accidents, homicides, AIDS and suicides combined. through hunting, gathering, gardening, cooking, food preservation and protecting our natural resources. Find Healthy Traditions Facebook www.ctsi.nsn.us Siletz News Or call 541-444-9627 to listen to our upcoming events recording • • • • You’ll reduce your risk of cancer. • Men who smoke are 23 times more likely to develop lung cancer. • Tobacco users also are more likely to get cancer of the larynx, mouth, throat, esophagus and bladder, plus many other types of cancer. Do you “like” Healthy Traditions? See event announcements on your Facebook news feed by clicking on the “like” box beside Healthy Traditions (see photo below). “Like” is the same as becoming a fan. If you “like” Healthy Traditions, you will receive: You’ll have a lower risk of a heart attack. • Heart disease is the leading cause of death for men. • Smokers are much more likely to die suddenly from a heart attack. • Even low levels of cigarette smoke can damage the heart. Your lungs will work better (so you can live longer). • Men who smoke are 12 times more likely to die from chronic lung disease. Cigars also are bad for your health - even if you only smoke them occasionally. • Cigars increase the risk for lip, mouth, tongue, esophagus, lung and other cancers. • Cigars have more tobacco than cigarettes and usually bum lon ger, making secondhand smoke dangerous too. Your mouth will thank you if you quit spit tobacco. • Spit tobacco causes as many health problems in the mouth as cigarettes do in the lungs. • You’re at a much greater risk for oral cancers, which may require surgery to remove part of the lip, tongue or cheek. Tasha Mason Tobacco Prevention & Education Coordinator tasham@ctsi.nsn.us 541-444-9659/800-648-0449, ext. 1659 Oregon Quit line Toll free at 800-QUIT-NOW Liz John and Rose Bremner prepare the brine for their meat at the smoked jerky class sponsored by the Healthy Traditions Project at the Siletz Tribal Community Center on Jan. 11. facebook Home Healthy Traditions Get Started You’ll protect your family. • Kids exposed to secondhand smoke are more likely to cough and wheeze, have asthma attacks and have chronic ear infections. • Breathing secondhand sihoke can cause lung cancer and heart disease in non-smokers. You can avoid other health problems. • Smoking doubles the risk of stroke. • Men who smoke are twice as likely to get rheumatoid arthritis (an autoimmune disease that attacks and destroys the joints). Photo by Natasha Kavanaugh SHao- Wall Matus « *** Photos Info j Photo Healthy I r adit ions » Others Profile I ink Events Discussions '%* Vtdr-o lust Hearthy I radltHms Just Others Spam 0 Healthy Traditions Get more people to like your Page with Farebook Adsl Presse™ betaw Healthy Traditions r [dS Page Promote with an Ad Suggest to Friends Mimek 2010 0^ Fewfcadi fi December 21 at 3 29pm • • Event announcements and reminders Event cancelations (for weather or red tide) Photo sharing Weather reminders (freeze warnings for gardeners) Low-tide reminders • • • The S0«f Healthy 1 radftrons project seeks to improve the health of Srl«.' Tritai Members through edui.af>ohal acte vrtres which !0 new pintos 40 Impresstans Jerky and smoked salmon class Smoking meat is a tasty and tradi tional method of meat preservation. The Healthy Traditions Project will host a class on Feb. 1 at 10 a.m. at the Portland Area Office. We also will have a small cooking demo that participants will be able to sam ple while we wait for the jerky to finish. l ike Comment Share Garden planning for spring It may be winter, but now is the time to start planning your garden for spring. If you would like to learn to grow your own food," we are here to provide you with the resources to accomplish that goal. Reminder: Save your food-grade con tainers such as yogurt containers, paper towel rolls and egg cartons to start seed lings for spring. Clear plastics serve as mini-greenhouses and newspaper works as a biodegradable seedling containers. Tribal Portland Garden Club The Portland Area Office is starting a Garden Club for Tribal members to learn about different garden topics from seed starting to harvesting. Next Portland Garden Club Meeting Feb. 16, 5:30 p.m. Portland Area Office Guest speaker: Judy Bluehorse Skelton Topic: Native Plants Fruit tree care and planting class Feb. 26, 10 a.m. to noon Tillicum Fitness Center, Siletz Look for Healthy Traditions on Face book for fast updates on our events. As an initiative to increase fresh pro duce availability, Healthy Traditions will host a fruit tree care and planting class where attendees will be able to learn how to plant and care for a fruit tree. How to use mail order pharmacy How to order your refills after hours and on weekends: Please call 7-10 days before you need your refills. This allows us time to contact your provider, if necessary, and for mailing. • • Call 800-648-0449 Enter 1624 as soon as the clinic’s message begins - you’ll be transferred to the refill line. I Or, call the refill line direct - 541-444-9624. February 2011 Siletz News 7
