Smoking in Aboriginal Communities

Smoking remains one of the main health challenges within Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. A continued focus on community-led programs and culturally strong approaches is helping people to reduce smoking and nicotine use, and to live longer and healthier lives. The positive impact of these efforts can be seen in the steady decline in smoking across many communities.

Tackling Indigenous Smoking

Tackling Indigenous Smoking rates is part of Quit's long-term commitment to Aboriginal programs.

Smoking cessation guidelines for health professionals

How to embed smoking cessation care into your organisation

An organisation-wide approach is needed to embed the Ask, Advise, Help (AAH) smoking cessation brief advice model into routine practice. The AAH model outlines how to deliver best practice smoking cessation care and can apply to all health, social service and community settings.

Training and resources for community and social services

Smoking is one of the major contributors to social disadvantage in Australia. Compared to the general population, people accessing community and social services are more likely to smoke and find it more difficult to quit. Smoking increases financial stress and influences the cycle of poverty and disadvantage.

Resources to help you make your workplace smokefree

Anyone responsible for the health and safety of employees, needs to consider making their workplace smokefree and how to support workers quitting smoking and/or vaping.

Useful information and statistics

Useful information on cigarettes and other tobacco products, smoking laws, and major issues in smoking and health in Australia.

Guidance on developing community-level initiatives

Quit has developed a range of resources to guide you in developing community-level initiatives to reduce tobacco and vaping related harm, including a framework for action and case studies.

E-cigarettes and vaping

The growing popularity of vapes in recent years has led to increasing concerns about their impact on health. In this section you'll find resources and tools you can use to support the settings and communities you work with to navigate the challenges of vaping.

Workplace resources

Tools and resources to help you reduce tobacco and vaping related harm in the workplaces you work with.