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

Car and Home Smoke Free Zone
This website includes Aboriginal health pages with information about the dangers of passive smoking. There are also resources relevant to Aboriginal health workers.

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

National Tobacco Strategy
The National Tobacco Strategy 1999 to 2002-03 is one of a series of strategies that together form the National Drug Strategy 1999 to 2002-03 . The Tobacco Strategy provides a national framework for tobacco control in Australia . Recommendations for Indigenous tobacco control include: An audit of smoking initiatives; conduct a national forum on Indigenous tobacco control; trial nicotine replacement therapy; and research smoking cessation.

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Complementary Action Plan 2003-2006 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 Puni Kokiri
Facts on Maori smoking patterns and prevalence from Te Puni Kokiri - the New Zealand Government's principal adviser on Maori issues.

Canada

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.