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NEWS: Indigenous tobacco strategy an urgent priority 6/7/07: ASH and the Heart Foundation has called for the urgent implemntation of a comprehensive tobacco strategy with and for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, following the release of new figures showing indigenous smoking rates remaining at devastating levels. See ASH / Heart Foundation release including link to ABS report CEITC launches new resource
kit on tobacco control
Quit campaign on mouth and throat cancer: resources
Note that not just active but passive smoking causes throat and oral cancers - see Sharp and Edge legal cases under LEGAL NEWS - so we should also remember to continue pushing very hard for smoking to end in all working areas, and to warn people to avoid working in or attending remaining smoky areas of pubs and clubs - especially in NSW, Vic, SA and ACT where the laws are slowest and weakest.
Philip Morris exploits Aboriginal site in ad campaign
RESOURCES ASH has compiled the following list of resources for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and others concerned about the impact of smoking in indigenous communities. Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Tobacco Control (CEITC)New upgraded website featuring smoking facts, history, research, projects, quitting resources, links and more - all appropriate to Aboriginal/TSI communities and health professionals working with them. See their new tobacco control resource kit for health workers, Talkin' Up Good Air
Quit campaign on mouth and throat
cancer: resources
Quit also has resources on the new graphic pack health warnings available for indigenous health and community workers - contact them at www.quit.org.au. Quit can also help in cessation work by:
For information visit Quit’s website or contact their Cessation Settings Manager at stavroula.zandes@cancervic.org.au or their Aboriginal Project Officer Peta.reynolds@cancervic.org.au
Australian
Indigenous Doctors' Association (AIDA)
Car
& home: smoke-free zone Indigenous Australians and Tobacco: a literature review - comprehensive 2001 report including history, prevalence, attitudes, health effects, programs and interventions. Look under Publications - Research Reports. Healing
Time (Stages 2 & 3)
Health effects of smoking
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