Tobacco and Indigenous Peoples

Australia

Ditch the Durries Website
This website is an initiative between the Quitnow National Tobacco Campaign and the Australian Indigenous Vibe website. It includes useful quitting information targeted at Indigenous Australians

The HealthInfoNet is a 'one-stop info-shop' that aims to contribute to 'closing the gap' in health between Indigenous and other Australians by informing practice and policy in Indigenous health by making research and other knowledge readily accessible. It also features a section on Indigenous tobacco use.

Koori Druginfo
Alcohol and drug related information for the Koori community including a section on tobacco smoking.

National Action to reduce Indigenous Smoking rate website outlines the measures agreed to by the Federal Government together with the State and Territory Governments as part of the COAG 'Tackling Indigenous Smoking Initiative'

National Heart Foundations Position Statement on Indigenous Tobacco Control outlines its position on Indigenous smoking, what the current prioities are and lists its recommendations in tackling Indigenous smoking rates.

National Tobacco Strategy 2004-2009 is one of a series of strategies that together form the National Drug Strategy. The Tobacco Strategy provides a national framework for tobacco control in Australia .

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Complementary Action Plan 2003-2009 has been researched and written to complement the issues raised in the National Drug Strategy and to make them more applicable to Indigenous peoples. Within this complementary action plan, tobacco is recognised as a major factor contributing to the ill-health of Indigenous peoples.

New Zealand

Auahi Kore : Smokefree Maori
This site has information on Maori smoking rates and health effects including a fact sheet written in Maori.

Te Reo Marama is a Tobacco Resistance movement advocating for a smoke-free Maori people. This website contains information about the tobacco industry, leadership, campaigns, success stories, quitting, statistics etc.

Te Puni Kokiri
Facts on Maori smoking patterns and prevalence from Te Puni Kokiri - the New Zealand Government's principal adviser on Maori issues.

Canada 

Clean Air Coalition British Columbia
This website contains information about mainstream tobacco control in the Canadian province of British Columbia and includes profiles of Indigenous specific research projects at http://www.cleanaircoalitionbc.com/index.html

Health Canada : First Nations and Inuit Health (Tobacco)
Health Canada promotes tobacco control and provides resources to communities with a view to improving the health status of First Nations and Inuit people. There are sections on supporting communities, quitting smoking and health effects specifically for Aboriginal peoples.