Sentences with phrase «indigenous daily smokers»

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In 2012 — 2013, 42 % of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population aged 15 years or older were daily smokers — 2.6 times the age - standardised prevalence among other Australians.19 Australian governments aimed to halve the Indigenous Australian smoking rate by 2018 (from the 2009 baseline) through a range of Indigenous tobacco control initiatives.20 Funded by the Australian Government in support of these national initiatives, the TATS project was conducted mainly through Aboriginal community - controlled health services (ACCHSs).

[67] In 2004 — 05, half (50 %) of the adult Indigenous population were current daily (or regular) smokers, approximately twice the rate in the non-Indigenous population.