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Smoking among Australian Aboriginals: Assignment

   

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ContentsIntroduction.................................................................................................................................................3Literature Review........................................................................................................................................3Search strategy............................................................................................................................................7Conclusion and Recommendations..............................................................................................................8References.................................................................................................................................................10Appendix...................................................................................................................................................122

IntroductionSmoking has been one of the prevalent concerns for the people in Australia especially for theaboriginal community. Even though Australia is considered one of the countries to have effectivetobacco control strategies in place it has suffered significant issues with growing tobaccoconcerns. The harm minimization of tobacco smoking is extremely important for a country andwhen the indigenous people contribute largely to the economic and social and environmentaldevelopment of a country it becomes much important to take into account this aspect (Abdullahet al. 2012). It is quite clear that smoking prevalence among the aboriginals is more than that ofthe non-indigenous people and hence it is important for the Government to have strongerstrategies to manage smoking and reduce the impact of smoking(Fiorini et al. 2014). Smoking isan addictive habit and has significant health impacts and hence it is important for to make suresuitable strategies are in place which would help to minimize the impact of smoking amongaboriginals. The present study will take an opportunity to critically analyses the subject ofsmoking among aboriginals and its risk minimization conundrum with the help of suitableliterature. The search of the literature was mainly implemented with the help of the keywordslike “smoking among aboriginals”, smoking “risk minimization” from the different authentic andreliable database system. The key points of the discussion are smoking among indigenouscommunity, development of risk prevention strategy et cetera. Overall the present study willdiscuss smoking and its risks and its minimization. The literature sources which have been usedin the present systematic study have been considered with the help of the CASP tool to get theright kind literature sources to complete the study successfully. Literature sources are discussedin the critical appraisal section and highlighted in the appendix section for effectiveunderstanding. Literature ReviewSmoking is addictive and over the years the numbers of people captivated by this habit hasincreased significantly which has posed serious concern over the countries and the governments(Abdullah et al. 2014). The governments have experienced hard times to rehabilitate people fromsmoking. In Australia, it has become one of the biggest concerns with the aboriginals engaged inaddiction more than ever (Bond et al. 2012). The aboriginals and the Torres Strait Islanders have3

been seen to have two to three times more addiction to smoking which is not at all a good signfor the country (Passey et al. 2012). It could be said that the aboriginals have played a key role inthe overall growth and development of the country and hence it is essential for the government tomake sure it designs suitable strategies that will help to improve the condition effectively (Roche& Ober 1997). It is also important to note that the indigenous community has lower awareness ofsmoking and hence they engage in smoking more than anybody else. As per the records receivedfrom the above study only 3% of the respondents believed that smoking causes drug relateddeaths and this could only happen due to lack of knowledge among the people. Even asubstantial number of females have been seen to chew tobacco and also smoke in AustralianIndigenous community which is definitely another sign of concern (Durkin, Brennan &Wakefield 2012). Critically analyzing this fact, it could be said that it is due to the lack ofinformation as well as due to the lack of understanding of the usage of drugs and addiction whichhas exacerbated the situation to a large extent. There are number of evidences that come in asstrong support to take the research further (Nicholson et al. 2015). Most of the indigenous community smokers have had their first cigarette before the age ofsixteen which shows lack of awareness and education is one key reason playing in this fact, thesmoking rate among the aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders are almost double, again this isshowing that lack of awareness mainly leads to smoking and addiction among the indigenouspeople (Stewart et al. 2012). The main problem that has been there for a long time in Australiafor the aboriginals and the Torres Strait Islanders is the morbidity and premature mortality of theindigenous people due to smoking (Bond et al. 2012). The use of tobacco is probably the mostpreventable cause of ill health among the aboriginals in the Australia which clearly shows thatbetter and develop strategies need to be taken for the effective solution of this issue (Passey et al.2012). Harm reduction stated in this article definitely shows potential to make the aboriginalcommunity smoke free. The increase in cessation programs and reduction in passive smokingprograms are definitely effective (Thomas, 2012 National trends in Aboriginal and TorresStrait Islander). The Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders are rehabilitated with certainlifestyle priorities and effective understanding of the key works which clearly state that in orderto manage aboriginal health there are certain complex strategies required which would help tomake sure the aboriginals are kept away from smoking effectively and make the communityhealthier and the future generations smoke free (Ivers 2001).4

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