HLTH 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 29: Ceremonial Pipe, Aboriginal Peoples In Canada, The Leaves
16 Jun 2016
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16: toward a tobacco free self and society (pg. Tobacco: the leaves of cultivated tobacco plants prepared for smoking or chewing or for use as snuff. Nicotine: a poisonous, addictive substance found in tobacco and responsible for many of the effects of tobacco. Smoking= leading cause of preventable death in canada. Eg: male smoker loses about 6. 5 years from his life, female smoker loses nearly 9 years. Lots more first nations students living on reserves smoke than those that do not live -> tobacco use is important in aboriginal spiritual assemblies sweat lodges, pipe ceremonies, smudges . Canadian aboriginal population gravitates towards a 4 body approach: physical, mental, emotional, spiritual aspects = must address all 4 components in order for cessation to occur. More prevalent smoking with people that have mental health diagnoses ex: major depression, social phobias, anxiety disorders. Addiction to psychoactive drug that is known as nicotine- commonly known as the most physically addictive psychoactive drug.
