Thomas David P, Calma Tom
Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, NT, Australia;
Tackling Indigenous Smoking, Australian Government Department of Health, Canberra, ACT; University of Canberra, ACT, Australia.
Public Health Res Pract. 2020 Sep 9;30(3):3032019. doi: 10.17061/phrp3032019.
There is good news to tell about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander tobacco control: smoking prevalence is falling and government funding has been secured in a climate of under-investment in prevention. The Australian Government has committed to funding the Tackling Indigenous Smoking program until 2022. The program continues to fund 37 regional teams with a focus on localised health promotion. This localised activity has been supported by two national Indigenous mass-media campaigns, individual cessation advice provided by Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations and via the Australian quit-smoking helpline, Quitline. But some state governments could do more to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander tobacco control. National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander smoking prevalence is falling, with significant falls in urban and regional areas where most Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people live. However, there has been little improvement in remote areas and this has become an area of future focus, with three additional Tackling Indigenous Smoking teams announced in remote areas in 2020. We can celebrate the recent achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander tobacco control and the current and emerging leaders who are ready for future challenges from the tobacco industry.
吸烟率正在下降，并且在预防投资不足的情况下已获得政府资金。澳大利亚政府已承诺为“应对原住民吸烟计划”提供资金，直至2022年。该计划继续为37个区域团队提供资金，重点是本地化的健康促进。这种本地化活动得到了两项全国性原住民大众媒体宣传活动的支持，原住民社区控制的健康组织以及通过澳大利亚戒烟热线“ Quitline”提供的个人戒烟建议。但是一些州政府在支持原住民和托雷斯海峡岛民的烟草控制方面可以做得更多。全国原住民和托雷斯海峡岛民的吸烟率正在下降，在大多数原住民和托雷斯海峡岛民居住的城市和地区有显著下降。然而，偏远地区几乎没有改善，这已成为未来关注的领域，2020年在偏远地区又宣布了三个“应对原住民吸烟”团队。我们可以庆祝原住民和托雷斯海峡岛民烟草控制的近期成就，以及那些准备应对烟草行业未来挑战的现任和新兴领导者。
