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06/10/2022

Exposure to secondhand smoke, even for a short time, can be harmful to both children and adults. Babies and children who breathe secondhand smoke are sick more often with bronchitis, pneumonia, and ear infections than those that are not exposed to secondhand smoke.
source: https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/index.htm

03/10/2022

October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. Please join us in raising awareness about the lost a child to stillbirth, miscarriage, SIDS, or any other cause at any point during pregnancy or infancy.

29/09/2022

United Indian Health Services' Teen Advisory Group (TAG) will be gathering on October 12 @ Coastal Connections in Crescent City & October 19 @ Potawot Health Village, 4-6pm. We will be providing education on va**ng, fun interactive games, a cultural component and dinner will be served. Transportation is also available if needed.

TAG is a peer-to-peer education program for Native youth, ages 12 to 17, who live in Del Norte & Humboldt County. Reach out if you have any questions about TAG or if you know any Native youth interested in joining TAG. TAG applications can be picked up at any UIHS clinic site.

28/09/2022

Children and adults have been poisoned by swallowing, breathing, or absorbing e-cigarette liquid through their skin or eyes. Nationally, approximately 50% of calls to poison control centers for e-cigarettes are for kids 5 years of age or younger.
Source: https://www.cdc.gov/

22/09/2022

All of our UIHS clinic sites have quit kits available at the front desk. Stop by to receive a quit kit to assist with your quitting journey.

20/09/2022

Checkout The Kick It California Resource, Automated Text Program- We’ll text your helpful tips at critical points during your quit journey and answer any questions you. Text “Quit Smoking” or “Quit Vaping” to 66819

You can also call 1-800-300-8086, https://www.kickitca.org/

18/09/2022

15/09/2022

Learn more on the dangers of ho**ah smoke and the risks to your health. Although many users think it is less harmful, ho**ah smoking has many of the same health risks as cigarette smoking.
https://www.cdc.gov/

10/09/2022

Join us this Sunday, 9/11/22, at 10am on the Arcata Plaza for the 2022 Out of the Darkness Su***de Prevention Awareness Walk!!

There will be lots of great activities, some light refreshments and a t-shirt give-away!
You can register here or just show up and participate on Sunday:

http://afsp.org/arcata

08/09/2022

Our NATIVE To***co Project is excited to share another poster to encourage our community members to be commercial To***co-Free.

07/09/2022

NATIVE To***co Project

30/08/2022

The NATIVE To***co Project and the Teen Advisory Group (TAG) were at the Marian Lopez Memorial HAWC Walk last Saturday.

TAG did a wonderful job providing education on the To***co 21 Law. They also served Elders their lunch.