NEWS:
Indigenous tobacco strategy an
urgent priority
6/7/07: ASH and the Heart Foundation has called for the urgent
implementation 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
28/6/07: The Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Tobacco Control (CEITC
- see below, RESOURCES) has developed a resource kit on tobacco
control for health workers. The practical manual, Talkin'
Up Good Air, is full of useful info for initiating and
developing community-connected action to reduce tobacco harm.
Quit campaign on mouth and throat cancer: resources
18/7/06: Quit Victoria has run a campaign on the dangers of mouth and throat cancer from
smoking. Quit wants to get information to Aboriginal health workers, organisations, communities and
individuals about the campaign, to help spread the word about why
quitting smoking is such a good thing to do - with questions from patients and clients.
See order
info and form - go to page 3 of the order form.
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 keep 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
2/9/05: Philip Morris leading
brand Winfield has used an Aboriginal special site, Kata Tjuta (in
Central Australia, also known as "The Olgas") in an ad
campaign seen in Germany. The
ad turns the site upside down in line with its "Down Under"
theme. This is particularly insensitive since Aboriginal smoking rates
remain shockingly high, especially in outback areas. Philip Morris has
never taken responsibility for a single Aboriginal death or disease
caused by its products. See
the Kata
Tjuta ad More on Aboriginal health and
smoking at CEITC
website
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.
Indigenous Tobacco Control in Australia:
Everybody's Business
May 2008 report from the National Indigenous Tobacco Control Research
Roundtable held in Brisbane 23/5/08. Good info from a cross-section of
people working with indigenous communities in the fight against
tobacco. Download the
report which is from CEITC (below)
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 tobacco control resource kit for
health workers, Talkin'
Up Good Air
Indigenous smoking scoping study
March 2008 review of indigenous cessation studies prepared for the South
Australian Department of Health. See
abstract
and download full pdf
Quit campaign on mouth and throat
cancer: resources
Quit Victoria has info for
Aboriginal health workers, health professionals and Aboriginal
organisations, communities and individuals about the dangers of mouth
and throat cancers. See order
info and form - go to page 3 of the order form.
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 see www.quit.org.au
- maybe call them and ask for their Cessation
Settings Manager or Aboriginal Project Officer.
Australian
Indigenous Doctors' Association (AIDA)
Non- profit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisation striving
for excellence in health and wellbeing. Lots of good info and ideas.
Car
& home: smoke-free zone
Aboriginal health pages of
this campaign to get the smoke out of kids' faces. It has resources,
contacts, healthworker info, kids' fun pages and more.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
communities: report to NACCHO
Nearly
54% of ATSI people aged 14 and over are regular smokers - over
double the national average. A report to NACHO
highlights the urgent need for action, 2002.
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)
Find out about this drug education resource geared towards the needs of
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary students - from the NSW
Dept of Education and Training in consultation with the NSW Aboriginal
Education Consultative Group.
Health effects of smoking
See brief
summary from The Cancer Council NSW - and note that the
evidence is growing all the time!
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