health promotion

• DEFINE health promotion: the process of enabling people to increase control over the factors of health and thereby improve their own health
• Smoking kills around 24,000 Australians each year and costs Australia $31.5 billion in social and economic costs each year
• Smoking contributes approximately 9% of Australia's total BOD
• Groups more likely to smoke tobacco


  • People living outside major cities
  • People from ATSI heritage
  • Individuals with low SES backgrounds
• outline my quitbuddy

  • provides feedback to users enabling them to track
  • how many cigarettes they haven’t smoked
  • how many grams of tar they haven’t inhaled
  • how many days they have been smoke free
  • provides insightful tips to overcome cravings 
  • set goals and understand motivations to quit
• how does my quitbuddy develop personal skills?

  • by providing information to users that can increase their likelihood of cessation.
  • includes data and feedback, and education
• how does my quitbuddy create supportive environments?

  • allows users to record personal goals and motivations using pictures, words and audio messages.
  • there is a community board on which users can gain motivation from other people who also want to quit.
• outline quit for you, quit for two

  • free smartphone app developed as part of the national tobacco campaign
  • created too assist Australian smokers who are pregnant, or planning to be, to quit smoking.
• effectiveness of quit for you, quit for two

  • in 2011, 13% of Australia’s population were smoking whilst pregnant, this fell in 2021 to 8.7%.
  • in 2004-05, it was estimated that 14% of all deaths in infant mortality was due to smoking, in 2017 that dropped to 10% of all deaths.
• how does quit for you, quit for two develop personal skills?

  • by providing practical quit tips and advice to assist in smoking cessation
  • provides individuals with new knowledge and skills to aid them in the quitting process.
• how does quit for you, quit for two create supportive environments?

  by including fun exercises and games to keep users' hands busy to help them beat cravings, thus providing a safe, stimulating environment that promotes positive health outcomes for users.
• outline aboriginal quitline

  • provides information regarding tobacco smoking and the benefits associated with not smoking
  • achieved through public education
• effectiveness of aboriginal quitline

  • after 6 months of working with Quit campaigns, 17% of smokers have quit
  • reduced adult smoking by 14%
• how does aboriginal quitline strengthen community action?

  using different members and organisations within ATSI communities, this includes quit specialists with additional training to assist people with smoking cessation in a culturally appropriate way.
• how does aboriginal quitline develop personal skills?

  by providing callers with new knowledge and information regarding different quitting methods and products to assist them throughout the process.
• how does aboriginal quitline create supportive environments?

  by providing callers with personalised support and assistance to assist them in their smoking cessation journey
• DEFINE: public health

  • The ways in which governments monitor, regulate and promote health and wellbeing and prevent illness
• how does quit show reorienting health services?

  Quit companies provide educational resources and programs targeted towards health professionals to allow them to educate their own patients on the dangers of smoking.
• how does the government build healthy public policy?

  • the Australian government increases tax on tobacco to prevent people from purchasing them