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from the Tackling Tobacco Team24 March 2019 Aboriginal Spirit Colour Fun Run & Walk Fremont Park, Elizabeth Park
The Tackling Tobacco Team once again staged another Colour Fun Run on March the 24th in Adelaide’s Northern suburbs – Fremont Park, Elizabeth. With a record number of eager and ready participants gathered at the start line ready...
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We support smoke free events for our communityAboriginal Spirit Colour Fun Run & Walk – Sunday 19 November 2017
On Sunday November 19th our Nunkuwarrin Yunti Tackling Tobacco Team are holding the Aboriginal...
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2017 Aboriginal Spirit Colour Fun Run Gallery – Part II
We would like to thank everyone who joined us at the 2017 Aboriginal Spirit Colour Fun Run to...
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24 March 2019 Aboriginal Spirit Colour Fun Run & Walk Fremont Park, Elizabeth Park
The Tackling Tobacco Team once again staged another Colour Fun Run on March the 24th in Adelaide’s Northern suburbs – Fremont Park, Elizabeth. With a record number of eager and ready participants gathered at the start line ready...
Read MoreAboriginal Spirit Colour Fun Run & Walk – Sunday 19 November 2017
On Sunday November 19th our Nunkuwarrin Yunti Tackling Tobacco Team are holding the Aboriginal...
Read MoreFitness sessions – fun, active, healthy!
Studies have shown that even moderate physical activity, especially aerobic exercise, reduces the...
Read MoreSupporting smoke-free environments with world champions!
The Tackling Tobacco team recently supported the Evonne Goolagong Foundation with their Come and...
Read MoreWalk and Talk. Join the Tackling Tobacco team for a yarn!
Don't let your dreams go up in smokes, Latest, News, Quit Workshops and Groups, Rewrite Your Story, Smoke Free Events and Environments, Support to Quit, Upcoming Events
The Tackling Tobacco Team want to hear your story and support you to be healthy and smoke free....
Read MoreNew artwork illustrates the story Nunkuwarrin Yunti and the community share in tackling tobacco
Allan Sumner is a talented South Australian artist. He is a descendant of three Aboriginal peoples...
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Quitting smoking is one of the best things a person who smokes can do to improve their health and...
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2017 Aboriginal Spirit Colour Fun Run Gallery – Part II
Don't let your dreams go up in smokes, Event stories & photos, Latest, Photos, Smoke Free Events and Environments, Young people
We would like to thank everyone who joined us at the 2017 Aboriginal Spirit Colour Fun Run to...
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2017 Aboriginal Spirit Colour Fun Run and Walk
Don't let your dreams go up in smokes, Event stories & photos, Latest, Photos, Smoke Free Events and Environments
To view the second 2017 Spirit Colour Fun Run gallery click...
Read More“Think of the benefits after you give up smoking and what you’ve missed out from by smoking”
Elaine Rigney, Ngarrindjeri woman is relieved to be smoke free for 18 months. Elaine had been...
Read MoreThe Nunkuwarrin Yunti Tackling Tobacco Team
If you need support to quit contact the Nunkuwarrin Yunti Tackling Tobacco Team. The Tackling...
Read More“Stop making excuses, smoking just makes things worse”
Mr Nathan Kauschke has felt energised and motivated to get fit and healthy since giving up the...
Read More“I don’t want to smoke, enough’s enough!”
Ngarrindjeri great-grandmother Maxine Risk –Sumner gave up smoking on January the 13th 2016. This...
Read MoreThe Tackling Tobacco Team visited the Brady Street Clinic and this is what they had to say!
The Nunkuwarrin Yunti Brady Street Clinic in Elizabeth support healthy smoke free lifestyles. A...
Read More2 proper years since I took my last draw from a cigarette!
It’s been 2 proper years since I took my last draw from a cigarette and it’s been the best 2 years...
Read MoreJean Pinkie / Bindjali Woman
It was not until a doctor caught Jean Pinkie smoking before an operation to remove three blot clots from her lungs that she decided to quit smoking.
Read MoreMedicines to Help Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People Stop Smoking
Guide for interested people in finding out more information....
Read MoreDon’t Make Smokes Your Story
Want more inspiring stories about people that have quit from all across Australia? Take a look at:...
Read MoreSmokefree Dining Areas
Making outdoor dining areas smoke-free is designed to protect the community from exposure to...
Read MoreQuit Groups
The Nunkuwarrin Yunti Tackling Tobacco Team offer Journey to Health groups to assist staff on...
Read MoreSmoking Cost Calculator
Think of what else you might like to spend this money on if you quit smoking. You might like to...
Read MoreSponsorship Opportunity – Closing 5 September 2016
Sponsorship Information To support our community to be healthy and smoke free we are offering...
Read MoreMy Quit Buddy
My QuitBuddy is an app personalised to help you quit smoking, on your terms. Using My QuitBuddy...
Read MoreDaniel’s Story
This short film is based on the lives of real Nunga men and women — 16 Aboriginal Ambassadors from the Adelaide community who are taking a stand against smoking as part of the Rewrite Your Story campaign.
Read MoreMaria Borsi / Arabana Woman
Losing three brothers to cancer in a space of only 12 months was a grief stricken time for Maria Borsi, but also one of great motivation for the former smoker.
Read MoreMargaret Farrugia / Noongar Woman
Margaret Farrugia’s secret weapon in quitting was to stick a photo of the then Prime Minister on the front of her cigarette packet to deter her from smoking.
Read MoreBelinda Wilson / Ngarrindjeri Woman
She imagined living to 100, but it was only at 47 years of age that Belinda Wilson, a packet-a-day smoker, had a heart scare that threatened to take her life.
Read MoreAunty Martha Watts / Arabana Elder
When Aunty Martha Watts started smoking it was a very rebellious thing to do, Aboriginals weren’t allowed in hotels at that stage, so she would sneak to the pub to buy a packet of cigarettes.
Read MoreHarold Stewart / Eora Elder
He thought he was fairly fit and healthy, but it wasn’t until a cancer scare that Harold Stewart decided it was time to quit smoking once and for all.
Read MoreDavid Copley / Kaurna Elder
After being diagnosed with Colon/Rectal cancer, David Copley was given only 18 months to live, but four years later he is cancer free and says he owes his life to quitting cigarettes.
Read MoreKirsty Ah Matt / Tsi Ngalakan Woman
If she had not become addicted to cigarettes, Kirsty Ah Mat believes she could have followed in her father’s footsteps and represented Australia at the Olympic Games.
Read MoreNari Sinclair / Ngarrindjeri Woman
She has never smoked a cigarette or drank alcohol in her life, but for Nari Sinclair, the effects of passive smoking have caused her to suffer a life of debilitating health issues.
Read MoreAunty Irene Allen / Tanganekald Elder
Since giving up smoking, Aunty Irene Allan has produced a meditation CD to help others cope with stress and the cravings associated with quitting smoking.
Read MoreGordon Wanganeen / Narungga / Ngarrindjeri Man
After seeing his grandfather lose both his legs to smoking and then his life, Gordon Wanganeen decided it was time to break the smoking cycle for future generations.
Read MoreJessie Matthews / Ngarrindjeri Adnyamathanha Elder
After giving up smoking Jessie Matthews set herself a target of walking 10 km a day to get back her fitness. She lost more than 20 kg over four months.
Read MoreVicki Hodgson / Arabana Woman
“In a space of only a month, I saw my mother have her leg amputated and then pass away from lung cancer, it was awful,” Vicki said. “Then my dad had a heart attack . . . but still I kept smoking. It was an arrogance I suppose. I...
Read MoreRobert Taylor / Ngarrindjeri Man
Robert Taylor admits cigarettes led him to a life of drug taking, but today the reformed smoker is starring in his own Fringe Festival play and singing alongside Archie Roach in the upcoming Adelaide Festival.
Read MoreTony Walker / Narungga Man
Tony Walker remembers the laughter and fun he used to have with his grandkids– throwing them in the air and catching them, but that was before the stroke that nearly took his life. A former pack-a -day smoker, Tony, 58 of...
Read MoreCHARACTER CREATION COMPETITION
About the competition The competition is run by Nunkuwarrin Yunti of South Australia inc as part...
Read MoreComic Strip Live Animation Winners
Local students draw creative stories about smoking impacts Local school students in the Adelaide...
Read MoreCODED MESSAGE COMPETITION
About the competition The competition is run by Nunkuwarrin Yunti of South Australia inc as part...
Read MoreONLINE COMP WINNER
A big Congratulations to Paul Richardson prize winner of our online “not up in smokes” blog line...
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NOT UP IN SMOKES FUN RUN
Members and family members of the Aboriginal Women’s Football Team attended the Color Me Rad...
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SCHOOL COMIC STRIP ENTERIES
We recently talked about sharing dreams and don’t smoke messages through our comic strip...
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ALL STARS BASKETBALL TEAM TALK DREAMS
The “Not Up In Smokes” campaign team were pleased to meet the All Stars Basektball...
Read MoreFLASH MOB DANCE
Join in our first FLASH MOB dance – It’s Easy you probably already know the moves just...
Read MoreDreaming of becoming a professional basketball player like Patty Mills?
Keep inspired by following Patty on his facebook page https://www.facebook.com/OfficialPattyMills...
Read MoreTara Budarick – teacher, sportsperson, Ngarrindjeri Woman
Tara Budarick is a teacher at Warriappendi School in Adelaide; she is Ngarrindjeri Woman who grew...
Read MoreDeadly HipHop Dance Video – Harder to Live
Check out this deadly HipHop Dance Clip about the impacts of smoking – its Awesome! Harder to Live – HipHop Smoking...
Read MoreDon’t ever let anyone tell you, you can’t be someone
I’m Mat. I have a mountain bike, and love getting to the gym whenever I can. I go to school to...
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No one smokes anymore! Why smoking is SO last decade.
The fact is, the amount of people who smoke cigarettes in Australia is dropping, including among...
Read MoreThese 5 young NAIDOC Award winners know a thing or two about achieving dreams…
Earlier this month the 2014 NAIDOC Award winners for South Australia were announced. Huge...
Read More5 weird reasons not to smoke
Everyone knows all the old arguments to get you to quit smoking, but while we were busy talking...
Read MoreDream of playing netball for the Thunderbirds? Here’s some inspiring pics from their Instagram account.
If you’ve ever dreamed of playing netball for the Adelaide Thunderbirds, or if you just love playing netball you should definitely check out their Instagram feed – it’s full of inspirational photos from their...
Read MoreBreathe deep: local Adelaide musicians & stars of The Voice, ZK will blow you away
Zaachariah Fielding and Kristal West, better known by their stage name ‘ZK’ have been...
Read More4 things you might not know about how smokes affect you right now
Most people know that smokes can be really bad for your health in the long term – causing cancer,...
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What happens when you give a bunch of our mob a chalk board and a box of fancy dress…
We were down at our Healthy Community Day, with a photobooth setup, a box of fancy dress and a...
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5 gross facts about smoking… Whale vomit! Seriously?
I hope you’ve had your lunch! ‘Cause here’s some facts about smokes that will really gross you...
Read MoreAre you dreaming of playing in the AFL? Here’s 5 Adelaide based Aboriginal players you can follow on Instagram
Instagram is a great place to follow the people you look up to for inspiration. Here’s 5...
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We have lift off! Don’t let your dreams go up in smokes.
Welcome to the blog for the “Don’t let your dreams go up in smokes” campaign! The campaign is all...
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