Tag: Indigenous smoking
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Voices of Resistance: Youth, Culture, and the Fight Against the Tobacco and Nicotine Industry
Raglan Maddox and Danny Allende They playing with fire they gonna get burned Voice of resistance we standing firm They paid us in rations got smoke in our lungs Now we smoking the system the tables have turned From “Voices of Resistance” In April 2026, during Youth Week, a new…
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National Preventive Health Strategy: realising the opportunity to improve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health outcomes by addressing tobacco use
With the Commonwealth Government’s National Preventive Health Strategy due for finalisation in the coming months, Dr Raglan Maddox, Professor Tom Calma AO, Dr Katherine Thurber and Associate Professor Raymond Lovett consider the opportunity to improve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health outcomes through a renewed urgent focus on tobacco use.…
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Smoking rates falling among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students
Christina Heris and David Thomas Following a history of being paid or provided with rations of tobacco, smoking is the leading preventable cause of illness and death amongst Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Historically, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people start smoking at a young age, and a…