DoH Digital Library: Drug use patterns in NT aboriginal communities : a report

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Northern Territory Department of Health Library Services Historical Collection

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This book

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tobacco in your community.

We hope it will help you.

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report prepared by the Drug and Alcohol Bureau

Department of Health and Community Services

Vol. 1 -Grog

Vol. 2 - Smoking

Vol. 3 - Chewing

(Volume Three)

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This book is about Aboriginal people CHEWING tobacco.

There are three other books about -

• GROG

• TABLETS

• SMOKING

They go together to make one report about drugs in your community.

We made this book because nobody knew how many people were chewing tobacco.

People from the Drug and Alcohol Bureau travelled around Central Australia asking lots of questions about chewing

tobacco.

They talked to 670 people who lived in large

commmunities, outstations, town camps and cattle stations.

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It means Oo/o It means 1-10%

It means 11-20%

It means 21-40%

It means 41-60%

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Of all the people

about half chew tobacco (41 o/o)

A lot of women (61 % ) and

Only some men chew tobacco (20o/o)

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Some women (39o/o) and

A lot of men don't chew tobacco (80%)

• ABOUT HALF OF THE PEOPLE CHEW TIN TOBACCO (50o/o)

• SOME PEOPLE CHEW BUSH TOBACCO (37o/o)

• ONLY A FEW PEOPLE CHEW OTHER TYPES OF

TOBACCO (13%)

ALL PEOPLE MIX TOBACCO WITH ASH MADE FROM EU CAL YPT TREES.

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About half of the young women aged 15 to 30 years chew tobacco ( 41 o/o)

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A lot of women aged 31 to 50 years chew tobacco (70%)

Most women aged 51 years and older chew tobacco (86o/o)

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Only a few of the men aged 15 to 30 years chew tobacco ( 4 o/o)

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Only some of the men aged 31 to 50 years chew tobacco (17%)

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A lot of men aged 51 years and older chew tobacco (65o/o)

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• About half the people chew one or two balls of tobacco a day ( 41 o/o)

• About half the people chew three balls

of tobacco a day ( 46 % )

• Only some people chew 4,5 or 6 balls of tobacco a day (13%)

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Govemment Printer of the Northern Terntory

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Graphics:

Statistics:

Research:

Production:

Charlotte Watson

Jillian Fleming

Jillian Fleming Greg Morris

Kerryn Alexander Carol Watson

Jillian Fleming Charlotte Watson

We wish to thank all the people who talked

to us and answered our questions.