Tobacco Education & Cessation Services

In Minnesota, tobacco use is highest in American Indian populations. According to the Tribal Tobacco Use Project, 59 percent of American Indians in Minnesota smoke. Tribal tobacco efforts address the high prevalence of commercial tobacco use in tribal communities by building community-based tobacco control programs.

Community initiatives include:

• Promoting, providing, and collaborating in commercial tobacco treatment and cessation programming
• Decreasing exposure to commercial tobacco smoke where community members live, work and play by advancing smoke-free policies
• Engaging communities with knowledge of cultural practices around traditional tobacco and harms of commercial tobacco