An Australian anti-smoking lobby group has begun a multicultural outreach program to help migrants kick the habit. Quit Victoria is partnering with the Chinese Cancer Society in an effort to translate resources, train Chinese-speaking educators and provide material for local Chinese newspapers.
Quit Victoria multicultural outreach program manager, Luke Atkin, told Radio Australia's Connect Asia the majority of Asian countries have a higher prevalence of smoking than Australia does. Mr Atkin says there is evidence that when people move to a country of lower smoking prevalence, such as Australia, there is an "increased number of quit attempts."
He says Quit have been working with many countries in the region on smoking legislation, quit help-lines and graphic health warnings. "They don't necessarily have the same level of protections around things like second-hand smoke either so I think the landscape is very different for many people from those countries," Mr Atkin said. Research shows most people have between 13 and 17 quit attempts before they're successful, Mr Atkin added.
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