Which way? Group-based smoking and vaping cessation support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women: protocol for a non-randomised type 1 hybrid implementation study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Tobacco use is the most significant modifiable risk factor for adverse health outcomes, and early research indicates there are also significant harms associated with vaping. National targets aim to reduce smoking and vaping during pregnancy for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. While most Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people want to quit, cessation is frequently attempted without support, increasing the chance of relapse. Group-based smoking cessation programmes increase quit success by 50%-130% in the general population; however, they have never been evaluated in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander communities.

Methods and analysis

The Gulibaa study is an Indigenous-led and community-embedded project that will co-design, implemen

SUBMITTER: Booth K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12658511 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature