--The Spokane Regional Indian Tobacco Coalition --

Staff and partners of the Spokane County Community Services Prevention Services are pleased to join efforts with other organizations in the formation of the Spokane Regional Indian Tobacco Coalition. The Coalition is growing in membership and welcomes new member organizations. The current members are:

• American Indian Community Center
• American Lung Association
• CAMAS Institute
• NCI’s Cancer Information Service, NW Region
• Spokane Community College Multicultural Student Services
• Spokane County Community Services
• Spokane ESD 101
• Spokane Falls Community College
• Spokane Regional Health District
• Spokane Tribal TANF
• The Healing Lodge of the Seven Nations
• Whitworth College Native American Student Association

For State Fiscal Year 2006 the following regional organizations received contracts from the Seattle Indian Health Board:

• American Indian Community Center
• NATIVE Project: Smoking Cessation - Contact Joe Dressler at (509) 483-7535

Mission Statement: The mission of the Spokane Regional Indian Tobacco Coalition, with respect to traditional and spiritual values, is to reduce harmful tobacco use within the urban American Indian/Alaskan Native population.

Please check back later at this web site for information re: a Coalition special event which is anticipated in the Fall or Winter.

Alan Zeuge, Spokane County Community Services --
(509) 477-4508, azeuge@spokanecounty.org

Note: The Seattle Indian Health Board provides substantial assistance to the Spokane Regional Indian Tobacco Coalition. The Washington State Department of Health, Tobacco Prevention & Control Program contracts with the Seattle Indian Health Board to coordinate statewide coalition efforts that address tobacco related health disparities among the Urban Indian population. For more information, please contact the Tobacco Coalition Coordinator, Annette Squetimkin-Anquoe, at the Seattle Indian Health Board, P.O. Box 3364, Seattle, WA 98144, (206)324-9360, ext. 1106, annettes@sihb.org