... Working towards a tobacco-free API community

2008
ENVIRONMENTAL COALITION OF S. SEATTLE - Working with Seattle’s Native Hawaiian/Samoan, Taiwanese, and Vietnamese communities to increase awareness of secondhand smoke issues and providing resources at community events

KIKAHA O KE KAI OUTRIGGER CANOE CLUB - Training youth canoe club members to become peer tobacco trainers in the Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander community

KOREAN WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION - Providing Korean language cessation program in Tacoma, and providing cessation resources at community events

MY SERVICE MIND - Conducting seminars with Korean American seniors and parents in Tacoma and Federal Way to educate them on secondhand smoke issues in the home

VIET BUDDHIST COMMUNITY OF PIERCE CO. - Published secondhand smoke awareness in the annual community newsletter, and providing resources at major community events.  Also partnering with Asian Counseling Services in Tacoma on a Vietnamese language cessation class

WA API FAMILIES AGAINST SUBSTANCE ABUSE - Organizing a youth-led, day long hip-hop conference with a focus on tobacco, drug, and alcohol abuse issues

WA STATE CHINESE CANCER NETWORK ASSOC - Conducting Chinese language cessation classes in Seattle, and partnering with Universal Qi Healing Center in Redmond to provide cessation services using acupuncture

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