Doctors call Nunavut's alarming smoking rates 'a health crisis'

"Iola Tikivik, 18, has tried to overcome his half-a-pack-a-day habit, but finds himself surrounded by temptation since his five siblings and father all smoke. Iola Tikivit's addictin began at 16 when friends offered him a cigarette , after they'd hiked up one of the hills that frame this northern capital, Iqaluit.." Photograph by: Andrew Duffy, Canwest News Service...Read more: http://www.thestarphoenix.com/health/Nunavut+smoking+rates+health+crisis/2093457/story.html
First Nations must find ways to curb alcohol use: MD:VICTORIA -- "Alcohol-related deaths among First Nations in B.C. are a staggering five times higher than for other British Columbians, says a prominent First Nations doctor, who argues aboriginal leaders need to start working on an alcohol strategy to save lives..."   http://www.thestarphoenix.com/health/First+Nations+must+find+ways+curb+alcohol/2092139/story.html