Training To Help Reduce Smoking in Communities
Source: Northern Territory. Minister for Families and Community Services. Media Release
"The first of three targeted courses aimed at reducing smoking in Indigenous communities starts in Darwin, Family and Community Services Minister Marion Scrymgour announced.
“More than 27% of all adults in the Northern Territory smoke, which is over 10% higher than the national average,” Ms Scrymgour said.
“However in our Indigenous communities the rate of smoking is on average 55% - this is simply not good enough and the NT Government is committed to investing in strategies to help address this unacceptable rate."