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Income helps Indigenous Aussies Quit Smoking 

As Indigenous household income and other socio-economic factors improve, so does their likelihood of not smoking.

This was a finding of a study published in the April issue of the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, led by Dr David Thomas from the Menzies School of Health Research.

“The poorest and the most socially disadvantaged are the least likely to be non-smokers,” Dr Thomas said.

Higher income, better education, employment, owning a house and having access to a motor vehicle and a computer were all strongly associated with being a non-smoker.

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