The National Best Practice Unit for Tackling Indigenous Smoking (NBPU TIS) has been established to provide tailored support to organisations funded under the national Tackling Indigenous Smoking (TIS) program.
The NBPU TIS can assist organisations with TIS-related matters, such as:
The NBPU TIS is not expected to assist with organisational matters such as business administration or governance.
NBPU TIS is a consortium led by Ninti One Ltd and includes the Health Research Institute at the University of Canberra, and the Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet based at Edith Cowan University.
This flowchart demonstrates the NBPU TIS structure.
The NBPU TIS Advisory Group provides strategic advice to the NBPU TIS in relation to:
Membership of the Advisory Group comprises representatives from health organisations, the Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Sector, the primary health care sector, the tobacco control sector and more. The Chair is appointed by invitation.
The term of the NBPU TIS Advisory Group is from early 2016 until June 2018. Meetings are held at least three times per year. Summaries of the meetings are published as an Advisory Group Communique.
NBPU TIS strongly supports this stance on e-cigarettes. Use of e-cigarettes should not be encouraged, but can be used as a point of discussion around the available best practice quit methods, including cold turkey, nicotine replacement therapy (NRT), other prescription medications such as Champix, and quit smoking counselling. We know that these evidence-based methods are effective for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander smokers wanting to quit, and that the population health promotion work carried out as part of the TIS program is helping to reduce smoking rates in communities.
Read more about e-cigarettes.
