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March 27, 2025
This month, we’re shining a spotlight on the incredible work being done by The Koori Way and their powerful campaign, Flick the Vape. The team, in collaboration with the Tackling Indigenous Smoking group from MDAS, has been on the move across the Mallee and Riverina regions, spreading an important message about healthier choices and the…
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March 27, 2025
We are encouraging TIS teams to showcase their innovative practices at the upcoming National TIS Workshop. This is an excellent opportunity to highlight your team’s exceptional work to the funding body and share valuable insights and ideas with other TIS teams from across the country. If you haven’t already submitted your team’s expression of interest…
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March 27, 2025
March has flown by, and it’s been a busy month for our Program Officers and the NBPU TIS Team. A big thank you goes out to all the TIS Teams who have submitted their Performance Reports for feedback. These reports provided invaluable insights and we truly appreciate the effort and thoughtfulness that went into each…
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March 27, 2025
I’m currently staying at Taronga Zoo’s accommodation complex for the night as part of a University of Sydney event, so I have a group of kangaroos directly outside my window. I’m looking forward to hearing the lions roaring and the monkeys chattering later this evening. I wanted to begin by recognising that a number of…
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March 24, 2025
NRPP Tender Now Open As part of the Tackling Indigenous Smoking (TIS) program, further National Reach and Priority Projects (NRPP) funding has been made available in 2025 to achieve better health outcomes for Indigenous people in the following areas: Expanding reach in regional, remote and very remote areas. Increasing focus on preventative population health activities in regional, remote…
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March 21, 2025
Vaping has gotten real popular in Australia, especially with our young ones aged 14 to 24, so let’s encourage them to kick the habit in 2025! Last year, we shared lots of new dedicated First Nations resources to support the work already being done in your community to encourage and support young people to quit…
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March 19, 2025
Here are the latest additions to the TIS website: Events page: The Poche Centre for Indigenous Health Journal Club – “Beyond Co-Design: Upholding Sovereign Knowing and Community Rights to Develop a Smoking and Vaping Cessation Programme for and by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women” (28 March 2025) World No Tobacco Day 2025 (31 May 2025) National Tackling…
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March 19, 2025
We are starting to see reports of falling vaping rates in young Australians. This decline is thought to be related to the anti-vaping laws introduced by the Australian Government last year. Data from the SA Population Health Survey shows that vaping rates among 15 to 29-year-old South Australians have dropped by a third from 15% in 2023 to…
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March 19, 2025
The Poche Centre for Indigenous Health is hosting a journal club to discuss the study “Beyond co-design: Upholding sovereign knowing and community rights to develop a smoking and vaping cessation program for and by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women.” This discussion will be led by Associate Professor Michelle Kennedy from the University of Newcastle,…
March 27, 2025
Big Rivers TIS TV Commercials are Live
The Big Rivers Tackling Indigenous Smoking (TIS) program, led by Katherine West Health Board in partnership with Wurli-Wurlinjang Health Service, Sunrise Health Service, and the Northern Territory Government, is focused on reducing smoking rates among First Nations people in the Big Rivers region. As part of its efforts, the program has developed a series of…