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Tobacco smoking and mortality among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults in Australia

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2021

Authors

Thurber, Katherine
Banks, Emily
Joshy, Grace
Soga, Kay
Marmor, Alexandra
Benton, Glen
White, Sarah
Eades, Sandra
Maddox, Raglan
Calma, Tom

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Oxford University Press

Abstract

Despite generally high smoking prevalences, stemming from colonization, the relationship of smoking to mortality has not been quantified reliably in an Indigenous population. We investigate smoking and mortality among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults in Australia, where current adult daily smoking prevalence is 40.2%.

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Tobacco, smokers, mortality, premature, smoking cessation, adult, Australia

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/267299

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ANU Research Publications

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International Journal of Epidemiology

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Journal article

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Open Access

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Creative Commons

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10.1093/ije/dyaa274

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