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Tobacco Industry Tactics and Colonisation

Tobacco Industry Tactics and Colonisation

Lung Foundation Australia in collaboration with National Best Practice Unit (NBPU) and Apunipima Cape York Health Council have co-designed a series of resources for First Nations young people aged 18-24 years old. The resources include a video animation, three fact sheets and a poster, and cover everything you need to know about vaping and the impact on physical and mental health, nicotine dependence, how vaping affects the environment and the people around you, tobacco industry tactics and colonisation, reasons to quit vaping and how to make quitting work for you.

Alongside National Best Practice Unit and the Tackling Indigenous Smoking team, young people from Cape York Queensland were involved in the collaboration and helped to bring the essence of Cape York into the resources. Their feedback has been invaluable to make sure that the resources cover all the information needed to help young people make informed choices about vaping not only for themselves, but also for country and community.

The tobacco and vaping industry don’t care about your health or wellbeing, they only care about making money. In this fact sheet on the tobacco industry tactics and colonisation, learn more about tobacco industry tricks and the use of influencers to advertise their products. There is also information on colonisation and the use of tobacco. There are ways you can help to make change. By choosing to be vape, smoke and nicotine free you are being a role model for your community and protecting your health and those around you. Encouraging others to do the same and making a smoke, vape and nicotine free society the way to be helps more people to quit and stops people from starting to vape in the first place.

Lung Foundation Australia developed these resources with support from the Queensland Government.

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Last updated on July 7th, 2025 at 03:47 pm

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