Department of Health Library Services ePublications - Historical Collection
Please Note: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware that this publication may contain images, voices or names of deceased persons in photographs, film, audio recordings or printed material.
Purpose
To apply preservation treatments, including digitisation, to a high value and vulnerable Historical collection of items held in the Darwin and Alice Springs libraries so that the items may be accessed without causing further damage to the original items and provide accessibility for stakeholders.
Reference and Research Disclaimer
Please note: this document is part of the Historical Collection and the information contained within may be out of date.
This copy is a reproduction of an original record. Please note that the quality of the original record may be poor and cannot be enhanced with the scanning process.
Northern Territory Department of Health Library Services Historical Collection
>
'"
rn:G
0 ~
--' ..
DL I
(X)27
SMOKING
. ~
,,_ . )
.,_..,
)
('
\.
I _ /
This book
is about smoking tobacco in your community.
We hope it will help you.
NT Dept. of Health
lij~l~l~~lllffill~~I
3 0820 00058487 5 - - - -. .
I
I IN MM NI I S
A report prepared by the Drug and Alcohol Bureau
Department of Health and Community Services
Vol.1 -Grog Vol. 2 -- Smoking Vol. 3 - Chewing
(Volume Two)
I
I
I
This book is about Aboriginal people SMOKING tobacco.
There are three other books about - GROG
TABLETS
• CHEWING
They go together to make one report about drugs in your community.
We made this book because nobody knew how many people were smoking tobacco.
People from the Drug and Alcohol Bureau travelled around Central Australia asking lots of questions about smoking tobacco.
They talked to 670 people who lived in large communities, outstations, town camps and cattle stations.
-2-
TOP END
• KATHERINE
KATHERINE AREA
,,,.. .
,···~
' - " " . ~
- -·- ~--
.
-
~ f .. •---·-·
, ,, ' .rg communiti s
own cams
-4-
I
Outstations - Excisions
Cattle stations
I
One person·shows
1 O
people we have counted.When you read the words:
None
Only a few
Only some
Some
About half
A lot of
Most
All
-6-
It
meansOo/o.
It means
1-10%
It means
11-20o/o
It means
21-40%
It means
41-60o/o
It means
61-80o/o
If means 81-99%
It means
100%
M
• y
LT
I
Of all the people
some people smoke (33 o/o)
Only a few women (9o/o) and
About half the men smoke (59%)
-10-
A lot of women (91 o/o) and
About half the men don't smoke ( 41 % )
II
, . , -
- -
Only some young women aged 15 to 30 years smoke tobacco (13%)
r- - -
Only a few women aged 31 to 50 years smoke tobacco (9o/o)
-14-
( (
---- - -
,,.- - ---
Only a few women aged 51 years and older smoke tobacco (1 o/o)
SM
A lot of ~en aged 15 to 30 years smoke tobacco (66%)
?
IIA lot of men aged 31 to 50 years smoke tobacco (63o/o)
-18-
/ /
. - --- -- ---
-Some men aged 51 years and older smoke tobacco (32o/o)
--
I
I
·.Wi
: I I /1
I
\ C!GAR.E.TT~ \
' l
FtffliJi
I I) .
, I
D
ffflffli
CIGA"'ETTE.S ! ClGA~E.TTE5 (
LJ
-20-
\ \ I /
/
• A lot of people smoke 1-10
cigarettes a day (77o/o)
• Only some people smoke 11-20
cigarettes a day ( 18 % )
• Only a few people smoke more than 1 packet of cigarettes a day (6o/o)
I I
Only a few people have given up smoking (6%)
Graphics:
Statistics:
Research:
Production:
Charlotte Watson
Jillian Fleming
Jillian Fleming Greg Morris
Kerryn Alexander Carol Watson
Jillian Fleming Charlotte Watson
Government Printer ot the Northern Temtory
We wish to thank all the people who talked
to us and answered our questions.
