The problem has been found to be more acute as communities become more remote. Now, an anti-smoking campaign is trying to reach those communities, with the aim of providing resources for addicted smokers to help them quit.
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A newly-constructed jetty extends into the water, which some early risers are using for fishing and crabbing. Regardless, the vast majority identifies as Indigenous, and the rate of tobacco smokers among them far outnumbers the national rate. Lynette Anderson is the Queensland manager for the Federal Government's Tackling Indigenous Smoking Initiative.
Yarrabah local Ian Patterson started at the age of 13, and says he ended up addicted for more than 20 years."Actually it was a rollie ) but it was 1974, when I was 13 years of age. So, I don't know, it was just experimenting I suppose at that age, not so much rebelling but more just running with the boys."
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