News - Menzies

NT News | Healthy housing urgently needed

Date

December 21, 2021 - 02:00am

Professor David Thomas a said there was a growing body of research that linked housing and health particularly in Aboriginal communities.
AMA NT calls for 'urgent' tobacco reform to butt out high Indigenous smoking rates

Date

July 20, 2021 - 11:24am

The head of the Australian Medical Association NT has written to the Chief Minister calling for "urgent" action to address the Territory's high smoking rates.
LETTER: 148 ORGANIZATIONS CALL FOR PHASING OUT SALES OF COMBUSTIBLE TOBACCO PRODUCTS

Date

May 24, 2021 - 09:00am

The lessons learned in 2020 from the bold actions taken to address the COVID-19 pandemic provide an opportunity to consider equally bold actions that will be required to tackle other global health pandemics.
Restricting sales to pharmacies proposed

Date

October 19, 2020 - 15:10pm

The Centre for Research Excellence on Achieving the Tobacco Endgame (CREATE) will involve researchers from 11 institutions with the aim of phasing out smoking for good.
No stigma for smoking among Yolngu people in East Arnhem Land

Date

June 03, 2020 - 15:00pm

A public health study into the effectiveness of tobacco control strategies in East Arnhem Land has found no evidence of smoking-related stigma among Yolngu people.
Aboriginal Health News Alert #75 - Corona virus and smoking news

Date

May 29, 2020 - 09:00am

Professor David Thomas says health staff can emphasise the research evidence of the benefits to stress management, mental health and well-being that come with successfully quitting smoking.
Medical Express | Stress not a barrier to quitting the smokes

Date

May 28, 2020 - 01:00am

Stress may not be a major long-term obstacle to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people quitting smoking, as previously believed, according to new research.
Media Release | Stress not a barrier to quitting the smokes

Date

May 28, 2020 - 00:15am

Stress may not be a major long-term obstacle to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people quitting smoking, as previously believed, according to new research.
Smoking rates fall nationally, but not in the Territory

Date

December 12, 2019 - 15:58pm

The numbers of Indigenous smokers are falling across Australia but not in the Territory.
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander smoking rates and the NT

Date

December 12, 2019 - 11:38am

A survey released yesterday by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) shows sustained improvement in the national smoking rate for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Tongans use social media to fight lifestyle diseases

Date

November 14, 2019 - 08:27am

The training comes as new research from the Menzies School of Health looking at Australia's indigenous community has shown that using Facebook to deliver health messages can be effective.
NT's high smoking rate sparks calls to ease vaping laws

Date

October 24, 2019 - 06:00am

Menzies School of Health head of tobacco research David Thomas said there simply was not enough evidence about the potential health benefits.
RAGCP | Smoking question unlikely to be included in 2021 census

Date

August 16, 2019 - 15:39pm

Professor David Thomas, a tobacco-control researcher who led the submission, is disappointed by the outcome but vows to keep fighting.
NT News | NT Government events to go completely smoke free

Date

May 31, 2019 - 02:00am

NT Tobacco Control Action Committee chairman David Thomas said the plan placed special emphasis on reducing harm for Aboriginal Territorians, who suffered the greatest burden from tobacco use.
Territorians Health a Priority as new Tobacco Action plan launched on World No-Tobacco Day

Date

May 31, 2019 - 00:15am

The Territory Government has released its plan to improve the health of all Territorians by reducing the harm caused by tobacco consumption and exposure to tobacco smoke, and to prevent uptake by young people.
BuzzFeed | Scientists Are Rejecting Massive Amounts Of Money

Date

December 05, 2018 - 14:00pm

Multiple Australian researchers have asserted that they will not accept funding or support from a tobacco industry-funded research organisation in an editorial published today.
Media Release | Researchers will not accept support from tobacco industry funded Foundation for a Smoke-Free World

Date

December 05, 2018 - 00:00am

Leading Australian researchers have stated they will not accept any funding or support from the tobacco industry funded Foundation for a Smoke-Free World in an Editorial in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health today.
Podcast | Prof David Thomas on 'smoking' chapter

Date

March 28, 2018 - 16:39pm

With over 30 years’ experience in Indigenous health, Professor David Thomas from the Menzies School of Health Research discusses updates to the smoking topic from Chapter 1: Lifestyle, in the third edition of the National Guide.
National Guide to Prevention Launched

Date

March 28, 2018 - 16:34pm

The National Guide to a preventive health assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is a practical resource intended for all health professionals delivering primary healthcare to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.
It’s time for another type of story about Indigenous smoking rates

Date

October 22, 2017 - 23:45pm

A leading Aboriginal health researcher has called for research and reporting on Indigenous smoking rates to be reframed, to reflect the good news that is emerging and to acknowledge the role of colonisation, dating back to when tobacco was distributed as rations and wages.
Aboriginal Australians ditch cigarettes

Date

October 20, 2017 - 17:30pm

The Australian - Menzies School of Health Research Professor David Thomas, who collaborated with the ABS, says each year more indigenous people are successfully quitting and fewer children are taking up the habit.
Encouraging Indigenous smoking and quitting trends in latest ABS Report

Date

October 19, 2017 - 10:00am

The latest report by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) provides encouraging news about national smoking trends among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people over the 20 year period from 1994 to 2014/15.
Pack warning labels help Aboriginal smokers butt out

Date

January 30, 2017 - 10:00am

Pack warning labels are motivating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander smokers to quit smoking according to new research released by Menzies.
The evaluation of Northern Territory’s smoke-free prison policy: successes and unexpected results

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20160414_Smoke Free Prison Policy.pdf

An evaluation of the Northern Territory’s smoke free prison policy has been published today in the online journal, Public Health Research & Practice.
National research shows the way to reduce Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander smoking

Date

May 27, 2015 - 12:33pm

A landmark series of 15 scientific papers published today in the Medical Journal of Australia from the national Talking about the Smokes research project shows that reducing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander smoking is achievable, how this is happening now, and why continued government investment is justified.
Legislative changes will reduce smoking harms in the NT

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310514 NTTCAC Annual Report FINAL.pdf

Legislative changes announced by the NT and Australian Governments in the last year will make a significant contribution to reducing the harm that smoking causes in the Territory, according to the independent Annual Report on Tobacco Control in the NT.
National survey reveals large decline in Indigenous smoking rates

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131127_National survey reveals large decline in national Indigenous smoking rates_FINAL.pdf

Recently released results from the Australian Bureau of Statics (ABS) have revealed a significant decline in smoking rates amongst Australia’s Indigenous population.
Crikey: Northern Territory prisons totally smoke free

Date

July 01, 2013 - 12:00pm

All Northern Territory prisons will be totally smoke-free from Monday 1 July. No one will be able to smoke indoors or outdoors within these prisons, or on surrounding correctional centre land including carparks: neither prisoners, visitors nor staff. Prison staff (and inmates) will now be protected from the dangers of secondhand smoke just like many other Australian workers.
730NT ABC TV: A report card on the NT's smoking habit

Date

May 31, 2013 - 12:00pm

A new report finds the Northern Territory's smoking rates are falling, but are still the highest in the country.
ABC News online: Smoking more harmful than grog, study finds

Date

May 31, 2013 - 12:00pm

A new report suggests smoking is causing more harm than alcohol abuse in the Northern Territory.
Report reveals reduced smoking in the Northern Territory

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NT smoking rates .pdf

An independent Annual Report on Tobacco Control in the Northern Territory (NT) which summarises progress towards reducing smoking in the Territory has been released on World No Tobacco Day.
Study reveals true cost of smoking to the Territory

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Smoking cost.pdf

Smoking tobacco costs the Territory more than $5,000 per Territorian aged over 14 years, according to a new study conducted by the South Australian Centre for Economic Studies for the Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies).
Closing the Gap 2013: three good news stories

Date

January 30, 2013 - 00:00am

With the Prime Minister’s Closing the Gap report published in February this year, here are three ways Menzies is helping to improve the lifespan and wellbeing of Indigenous Australians.
Radio Australia: Research shows smoking rates declining among Indigenous Australians

Date

November 08, 2012 - 12:00pm

It's not often we hear good news about health indicators for Indigenous Australians, but a new report has found that the number of heavy smokers within Australia's Indigenous population has almost halved in the past 20 years.
Research reveals decline in Indigenous heavy smokers

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declining NT smokers.pdf

The number of Indigenous heavy smokers has fallen significantly according to a study by the Menzies School of Health Research.
The Conversation: Number of Indigenous heavy smokers down 45%

Date

November 05, 2012 - 12:00pm

The number of Indigenous heavy smokers fell from 17.3% in 1994 to 9.4% in 2008, a relative drop of 45%, a study has found.
Researcher of the month: Dr David Thomas

Date

October 03, 2012 - 00:00am

Doctor goes to war on a world of smoking.

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