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National Trends In Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Smoking And Quitting, 1994-2008, David Thomas
National Trends In Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Smoking And Quitting, 1994-2008, David Thomas
Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium International (APRCi)
Objective: To describe the trends in the prevalence of smoking, quitting and initiation among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men and women aged 18 years and over. Methods: Analysis of responses to smoking questions in national Indigenous surveys in 1994, 2002, 2004 and 2008. Results: Male Indigenous smoking prevalence fell significantly from 58.5% in 1994 to 52.6% in 2008, an absolute decrease of 0.4 (CI 0.1-0.7)% per year, with the same decline in remote and non- remote areas. Female smoking fell from 51.0% to 47.4%, with markedly different changes in remote and non-remote areas. In non-remote areas, there was an …