My F amily's A nti‐ T obacco E ducation ( My‐FATE ) model for A boriginal and T orres S trait I slander peoples

[Extract] Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are twice as likely as non-Indigenous people to be daily smokers. In 2008, approximately 47% of Indigenous people aged 15 years and over were current daily smokers compared with 18% of non-Indigenous Australians. Tobacco use plays a major role in the gap in life expectancy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. Current smoking is higher among Indigenous Australians who live in remote and very remote communities. Prevention has been left to primary care providers with little, if any, input from medical specialists. New models of care that include medical specialists and adopt whole of family approaches are needed. One such model is the My-FATE (My-Family's Anti-Tobacco Education) model, where a specialist of a patient with smoking-related illness provides anti-tobacco education and motivation to the patient's extended family members, assisted by local Aboriginal health workers, using culturally appropriate anti-tobacco education materials, as well as the patient's CT scans and X-rays to explain the impact of the patient's smoking on their condition