No smokes

• Reach:

  National

• Focus area:

  Indigenous

• Status:

  Current

• Evaluated:

  No

Overview

The No smokes project, developed by the Menzies School of Health Research, is a national anti-tobacco initiative targeted at young Indigenous people. This program involved the creation of an online resource designed specifically for young Indigenous Australians. The No smokes online resource is interactive and youth-friendly, and provides resources and information on quitting smoking. It includes games, animations, and video interviews with prominent Aboriginal identities, health workers and young people. No smokes also provides resource for teachers and health workers, including educational material, downloadable tools, and interactive activities.

No smokes is funded by the Department of Health and Ageing as part of its Indigenous tobacco control initiative.

Abstract adapted from Menzies School of Health Research

Contacts

Menzies School of Health Research
Ph: (08) 8922 8196
Email: info@nosmokes.com.au

Related publications

Menzies School of Health Research (2012)

No smokes [resources and factsheets].

Retrieved 2012 from http://quit.nosmokes.com.au/

No smokes is an interactive, youth-friendly website containing resources and information on quitting smoking. It is an online resource designed specifically for young Indigenous Australians. The website includes games, animations, and video interviews with prominent Aboriginal identities, health workers and young people. No smokes is also a resource for teachers and health workers, providing:

• educational material
• factsheets
• downloadable tools
• interactive activities.

No smokes is funded by the Department of Health and Ageing as part of its Indigenous tobacco control initiative, and is a Menzies School of Health Research project.

Abstract adapted from Menzies School of Health Research

• Links
• View resource: No smokes factsheets and videos
• View resource: No smokes [website]
• View information: No smokes resources information for teachers and health workers
• View information: No smokes study guides
• View website: Menzies School of Health Research

No smokes study guides (2012)

Menzies School of Health Research

No smokes study guides provide teachers with culturally relevant lesson plans about the impact of smoking on Indigenous communities. These educational resources can be used in upper primary and throughout high school to support teachers in preparing individual lessons and/or creating units of work using the No Smokes program material. The writers are aware of the diverse nature of Indigenous education, and so these resources can be applied and modified to suit Indigenous students in urban settings, as well as those in rural and remote contexts where English may be a second, third or fourth language.

This resource package contains six study guides:

• 'introduction' study guide - explains the resource package and how it fits within the curriculum
• 'the facts' study guide - looks at smoking in the context of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, including the history of tobacco use, tobacco legislation, the cost of smoking and what's in a cigarette
• 'smoking calculator' study guide - an interactive online tool to highlight the real cost of cigarettes to health and the wallet (this guide requires an internet connection)
• 'your health' study guide - highlights the health effects of smoking on each part of the body, and explores topics such as smoking during pregnancy, passive smoking, smoking's effect on appearance, mental health and the benefits of quitting
• 'quitting' study guide - looks at quitting, starting with an explanation of the process of addiction and moves onto other areas, such as changing how a person thinks about smoking, ways to quit, why people relapse and helping others quit
• 'stories' study guide - contains personal and inspirational video stories from smokers, non-smokers, successful quitters and more, with the majority of the videos featuring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. These stories can be used to reinforce and contextualise the information covered in any of the other units.

Abstract adapted from Menzies School of Health Research

• Links
• View resource: No smokes study guides
• View website: Menzies School of Health Research
• View website: No smokes

Links

• View information: Indigenous tobacco control initiative
• View information: Menzies School of Health Research - NoSmokes
• View website: NoSmokes