The Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet bibliography database contains a comprehensive list of Indigenous tobacco related publications. Suggested search terms are 'tobacco', 'smoking' and 'substance use'.

The Cochrane Library contains freely available reviews on various health topics. Tobacco related articles are found under 'Tobacco Addiction' when you browse by topic.

Journal Articles

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2008

Thomas D, Briggs V, Anderson I, Cunningham J (2008)
The social determinants of being an Indigenous non-smoker; Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health; 32:110-16
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Wood L, France K, Hunt K, Eades S, Slack-Smith L (2008)
Indigenous women and smoking during pregnancy: Knowledge, cultural contexts and barriers to cessation. Social Science & Medicine, doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.01.024
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2007

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2007)
Statistics on drug use in Australia 2006; Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Canberra; AIHW catalogue no. PHE 80
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Australian Bureau of Statistics (2007)
Tobacco smoking - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: a snapshot, 2004-05 Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics
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DiGiacomo M, Davidson P M, Davison J, Moore L, Abbott P (2007)
Stressful life events, resources, and access: key considerations in quitting smoking at an Aboriginal Medical Service; Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health; 31(2) 174-176

2006

Adams, K., D. Rumbiolo, et al. (2006).
Evaluation of the Rumbalara's 'No more Dhonga' Short Coaruse in Giving Up Smokes; Aboriginal Health Worker Journal; 30(5): 11-12

Adams, K. and H. Walker (2006). 
Smokes and Aboriginal Health Worker Training;  Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal; 30(2): 15-16

Baker A, Ivers R, Bowman J, Butler T, Kay-Lambkin F, et al. (2006)
Where there's smoke, there's fire: high prevalence of smoking among some sub-populations and recommendations for intervention; Drug and Alcohol Review; 25(1):85-96
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Franks C (2006)
Gallinyalla: a town of substance?: a descriptive study of alcohol, tobacco, medicines and other drug use in a rural setting; Rural and Remote Health; 6(1): Article 491
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Hallen G (2006)
Tobacco control: one of the best investments in public health; The Chronicle; 9(1):1-3
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Heath D, Panaretto K, Manesis V, Larkins S, Malouf P, Reilly E, Elston J (2006)
Factors to consider in Smoking Interventions for Inidigenous Women; Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health; 12(2)
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Ivers RG, Castro A, Parfitt D, Bailie RS, d'Abbs PH, et al. (2006)
Evaluation of a multi-component community tobacco intervention in three remote Australian Aboriginal communities; Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health; 30(2):132-136
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Ivers RG, Castro A, Parfitt D, Bailie RS, Richmond RL, et al. (2006)
The role of remote community stores in reducing the harm resulting from tobacco to Aboriginal people; Drug and Alcohol Review; 25(3):195-199
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Panaretto K, Lee H, Mitchell M, Larkins S, Manessis V, et al. (2006)
Risk factors for preterm, low birth weight and small gestational age birth in urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in Townsville; Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health; 30(2):163-170
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2005

Clough AR (2005)
Associations between tobacco and cannabis use in remote Indigenous populations in Northern Australia; Addiction; 100(3):346-353
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Mark A, McLeod I, Booker J, Ardler C (2005)
Aboriginal Health Worker Smoking - A Barrier to Lower Community Smoking Rates; Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal; 29(5)

Mohsin M, Bauman A (2005)
Socio-demographic factors associated with smoking and smoking cessation among 426,344 pregnant women in New South Wales, Australia; BMC Public Health; 5:Article 138.
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Young, D., S. Campbell, et al. (2005)
The North Queensland Tobacco Project; Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal; 29(5): 27-29.

2004

Adams K, Kavanagh A, Guthrie J (2004)
'Are you Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander?': improving data collection at BreastScreen Victoria; Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health; 28(2):124-127
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Alford, D. K. (2004) 
"Koori Community Smokescreen: Cigarette use and attitudes in the Goulburn Valley." Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal 28(6): 30-31.

Gilchrist D, Woods B, Binns CW, Scott JA, Gracey M, et al. (2004)
Aboriginal mothers, breastfeeding and smoking; Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health; 28(3):225-228
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Ivers R (2004)
An evidence-based approach to planning tobacco interventions for Aboriginal people; Drug and Alcohol Review; 23(1):5-9
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Lowe JB, Saeck L, Brough M, Carmont SA, Clavarino A, Stanton W, Balanda K, Shannon C (2004)
Smoking behaviour among Indigenous secondary school students in North Queensland; Drug and Alcohol Review; 23:101-106
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Mark A, McLeod I, Booker J, Ardler C (2004)
The Koori tobacco cessation project; Health Promotion Journal of Australia; 15(3):200-204
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Zuo, Y., S. Minniecon, et al. (2004)
If you want your life to end bad, go ahead and smoke': a focus group study of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people's attitudes and knowledge towards smoking; Health Promotion Journal of Australia 15: 82-83

2003

Ivers RG (2003)
A review of tobacco interventions for Indigenous Australians; Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health; 27(3):294-299
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Ivers RG, Farrington M, Burns CB, et al. (2003)
A study of the use of free nicotine patches by Indigenous people; Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health; 27(5):486-90
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Ivers, D. R. (2003)
An evidence-based approach to planning tobacco interventions for Aboriginal people; Drug and Alcohol Review 23: 5-9
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McCalman, J., Y. Cadet-James, et al. (2003)
Reflecting on Practice - the Development of a Tobacco Brief Intervention Program for Indigenous People in North Queensland; Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal 27(2): 23-25

McDonald SP, Maguire GP, Hoy WE (2003)
Validation of self-reported cigarette smoking in a remote Australian Aboriginal community; Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health; 27(1):57-60
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Say No To Smokes Advisory Committee (2003)
Say no to smokes project; Australian Indigenous HealthBulletin; 3(1):Brief report 1.
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2002

Brady M (2002)
Historical and cultural roots of tobacco use among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people; Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health; 26:120-124.
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Harvey D, Tsey K, Cadet-James Y, Minniecon D, Ivers R, et al. (2002)
An evaluation of tobacco brief intervention training in three Indigenous health care settings in north Queensland; Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health; 26(5):426-431
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Prior to 2002

Roche M, Ober C (1997)
Rethinking smoking among Aboriginal Australians: the harm minimisation-abstinence conundrum; Health Promotion Journal of Australia; 7(2):128-133
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Reports and publications

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2008

World Health Orgainisation (2008)
WHO Report on Global Tobacco Epidemic, 2008; The MPOWER package (No. 978 92 4 159628 2); Geneva: WHO
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2007

Vos, T., Barker, B., Stanley, L., & Lopez, A. (2007)
The burden of disease and injury in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples 2003 (No. 978 1 86499 889 4); Brisbane: School of Population Health, The University of Queensland
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2006

Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2006)
The health and welfare of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples 2005: summary booklet.Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare and the Australian Bureau of Statistics
View booklet (PDF - 759KB)

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2006)
Australia's health 2006: the tenth biennial health report of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
View section: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples (PDF - 526KB)
View full report (PDF - 7.14MB - large file warning!)

NSW Department of Health (2006)
National clinical guidelines for the management of drug use during pregnancy, birth and the early development years of the newborn.Sydney: NSW Department of Health
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2005

Adams K, Briggs V (2005)
Galnya Angin (Good Air): partnerships in Indigenous tobacco control.Melbourne: Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Tobacco Control
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Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2005)
Health and welfare of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples 2005.Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare and the Australian Bureau of Statistics
View Chapter 8: Health risk factors (PDF - 308KB)
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Australian Government, Department of Health and Ageing (2005)
Youth tobacco prevention literature review.Canberra: Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
View full report (PDF - 426KB)

Australian Government, Department of Health and Ageing (2005)
Youth tobacco prevention research project.Canberra: Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
View full report (PDF - 595KB)

Ministerial Council on Drug Strategy (2005)
National Tobacco Strategy, 2004-2009: the strategy.Canberra: Ministerial Council on Drug Strategy
View full report (PDF - 310KB)

Smith J (2005)
'Car and Home Smoke Free Zone': final report March 2004 - December 2004.Dubbo, NSW: Macquarie Area Health Service, Centre for Population Health
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South Australian Aboriginal Health Partnership (2005)
Knowing the business: South Australian Aboriginal health indicators 2005.Rundle Mall, SA: South Australian Aboriginal Health Partnership
View full report - click on link "Aboriginal health - everybody's business"

Steering Committee for the Review of Commonwealth Service Provision (2005)
Overcoming Indigenous disadvantage: key indicators 2005: report.Canberra: Productivity Commission
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2004

Department of Health and Human Services (2004)
Reducing smoking in Tasmania: Framework for Action Tasmanian Tobacco Action Plan 2004 and beyond.Hobart: Department of Health and Human Services
View full report (PDF - 335KB)

'Car and Home Smoke Free Zone' Environmental Tobacco Smoke, A Manual for Aboriginal Workers (2004)
NSW, ETS and Child Project
View full manual (PDF 1.08MB)

2003

Ministerial Council on Drug Strategy (2003)
National Drug Strategy: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Complementary Action Plan 2003-2006, background paper.Canberra: Ministerial Council on Drug Strategy
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Ministerial Council on Drug Strategy (2003)
National Drug Strategy: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Complementary Action Plan 2003-2006, action plan.Canberra: Ministerial Council on Drug Strategy?
View full report (PDF - 508KB)

Ministerial Council on Drug Strategy (2003)
National Drug Strategy: Torres Strait and Northern Peninsula Area Complementary Action Plan 2003-2006, Torres Strait Islander supplement.Canberra: Ministerial Council on Drug Strategy
View full report (PDF - 354KB)

2002

Australian Bureau of Statistics (2002)
National Health Survey: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander results, Australia 2001.Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics
View full report (PDF - 271KB)

2001

Department of Health (2001)
Taking the lead: Western Australian Tobacco Action Plan 2001-2004.Perth: Department of Health
View full report (PDF - 208KB)

Ivers R (2001)
Indigenous Australians and tobacco: a literature review.Casuarina: Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal and Tropical Health.
View full report (PDF - 522KB)

NSW Health Department (2001)
NSW Tobacco Action Plan 2001-2004.North Sydney: NSW Health Department
View full report (PDF - 285KB)

Prior to 2001

Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing (1994)
National drug strategy household survey - urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander supplement 1994.Canberra: Commonwealth of Australia.
View full report (PDF - 495KB)

Cunningham J (1997)
Cigarette smoking among Indigenous Australians, 1994.
Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics.
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Department of Education Training and Employment (1999)
Drug education R-12 teacher support package. Early years. Drug education for reception - year 2.Adelaide: Department of Education, Training and Employment.
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Department of Education Training and Employment (1999)
Drug education R-12 teacher support package. Primary years. Drug education for years 3 - 5.Adelaide: Department of Education, Training and Employment.
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Department of Education Training and Employment (1999)
Drug education R-12 teacher support package. Middle years. Drug education for years 6 - 9.Adelaide: Department of Education, Training and Employment.
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Department of Education Training and Employment (1999)
Drug education R-12 teacher support package. Senior years. Drug education for years 10 - 12.Adelaide: Department of Education, Training and Employment.
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Ministerial Council on Drug Strategy (MCDS) (1999)
National tobacco strategy 1999 to 2002-03: a framework for national action.Canberra: Australian Department of Health and Ageing.
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Queensland Health (2000)
Towards a smoke-free future: Queensland Tobacco Action Plan 2000/2001 to 2003/2004.Brisbane: Queensland Health
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Theses

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Chandran GM (1996)
Analysis of the impact of tobacco smoking and alcohol use in Aboriginal communities of North Queensland, 1989 to 1993.
Unpublished Master of Public Health Dissertation, University of Queensland
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Conference proceedings and abstracts

First National Tobacco Control Conference
This conference was sponsored by, among others, the Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and contains approximately 20 abstracts that deal specifically with issues pertaining to Indigenous tobacco use.
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