Which Way? World No Tobacco Day Webinar

Indigenous people, globally, continue to be impacted by commercial tobacco harms. This was embedded through colonisation, including rationing of tobacco in lieu of wages, and direct targeting by the Tobacco Industry.

While overall smoking prevalence has declined, 40.2% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults smoke daily. Preventing tobacco uptake and providing cessation supports are essential in reducing smoking prevalence and tobacco related disease and death.

The Which Way project is leading community-led smoking cessation research that is developed for and by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.

This webinar is held in partnership with AH&MRC in conjunction with World No Tobacco Day 2024 to share current Indigenous-led evidence on smoking cessation care and answer any questions communities have on providing culturally safe and responsive cessation care.

This webinar features a panel of presenters from the Which Way team including A/Prof Michelle Kennedy, Mrs Joley Foster and Mr Kayden Roberts-Barker.

Panellist:

A/Prof Michelle Kennedy

A/Prof Michelle Kennedy is a Wiradjuri woman, who has grown up on Worimi country. Her research is focussed on developing meaningful and culturally responsive smoking cessation programs to empower Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to be smoke-free. Michelle is passionate about the design and implementation of ethical research in partnership with Aboriginal communities, particularly Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services.

Joley Manton

I am a proud Saltwater Worimi woman from the Gamipingal Clan of North Arm Cove & Karuah NSW and a Traditional Owner of Worimi Conservation lands. A very proud Mum of two children and two grandchildren. A contemporary artist who has a love of the sea and spending time on country. I love cooking, fishing, making jewellery, beach and bushwalking and I am a huge Newcastle Knights fan. I am a qualified Tobacco Treatment Specialist, Aboriginal Health Worker and Project Manager for the Which Way Project that focus on supporting and empowering our mob to be smoke-free through Indigenous-led approaches.

Kayden Barker Roberts

Kayden Roberts-Barker is a proud Wiradjuri man from Central West NSW, born and raised in a Dubbo and with family connections to Brewarrina (Ngemba/Murrawarri) and Moree (Gomeroi) in far west NSW. Kayden is completing his final year of his undergrade degree in Social Science at the University of Newcastle. Kayden has worked on the Which Way project for over two years, working on various programs to help ensure our mobs health and wellbeing are the forefront of research.