# National Tribal Tobacco Conference: Reclaiming and Restoring Traditional Tobacco in Today's World

> **NIH NIH R13** · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · 2022 · $41,030

## Abstract

ABSTRACT
American Indian and Alaska Natives (AI/AN) have the highest prevalence of commercial smoking
among all U.S. racial/ethnic groups and high rates of smoking-related morbidity and mortality. To
achieve reducing commercial tobacco use, reclaiming traditional tobacco use, and heath equity for
AI/AN communities, the National Tribal Tobacco Conference (hybrid) is being proposed to be held in
May 2022 with an anticipated audience size of 150 persons. AI/AN public health professionals,
community stakeholders and allies will come together virtually or in person in Minneapolis, Minnesota
at the University of Minnesota for the 2-day conference to accomplish these aims: 1) Share cutting-
edge and existing, best-practice, approaches and policy efforts to reduce commercial tobacco use
among AI/ANs, 2) Learn how traditional tobacco can be integrated into the fight against commercial
tobacco use, and 3) Foster new collaborations to reclaim and restore traditional tobacco and combat
commercial tobacco use. The conference will emphasize the respect and preservation of traditional
tobacco represented in the Conference’s theme “Reclaiming and Restoring Traditional Tobacco in
Today’s World.” A Steering Committee of AIAN public health professionals and allies have meet
biweekly to coordinate and have planned a 2-hour mini conference (prelude) to be held virtually in
October 2021 to promote the national conference and to gather feedback from attendees on the
agenda. This conference is long overdue with the last national level conference dedicated to this topic
occurring 15 years ago. The National Tribal Tobacco Conference will provide the opportunity to foster
new collaborations, network and rebuild commercial tobacco strategies, preserve traditional tobacco,
and lead new novel ways to reduce commercial tobacco use with prevention, education, cessation, and
policy efforts to create healthier AIAN communities.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10391704
- **Project number:** 1R13MD017122-01
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
- **Principal Investigator:** Dana Mowls Carroll
- **Activity code:** R13 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $41,030
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2021-12-09 → 2022-11-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10391704

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10391704, National Tribal Tobacco Conference: Reclaiming and Restoring Traditional Tobacco in Today's World (1R13MD017122-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10391704. Licensed CC0.

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