Quitting smoking, like other forms of tobacco consumption is problematic because of addictive properties of nicotine. According to the Royal College of Physicians of Great Britain, the dependence on nicotine is stronger than heroin. The preamble of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, states that cigarettes and some other products containing tobacco are highly engineered so as to create and maintain dependence, and that many of the compounds they contain lead to addiction. Tobacco dependence is classified in major international classifications of disease as a disorder. Smoking has been an issue for people living in Australia, especially indigenous people living in various rural areas in Australia and Northern Territory. Indigenous people living in Australia have the worst level of health of any group living in Australia. The Indigenous people experience a 17 years low life expectancy than other Australians and smoking has been reported as one of the most significant causes for their increased mortality and morbidity. If we look at the statistics, we can find that the prevalence of smoking in general population was 49% in 1945 which has come to 17.8% in 2004-05 but the prevalence of smoking in indigenous people was 50% in 1945 which has remained same or even more than that for last ten years or more (Cunningham, 1997). The North Coast of New South Wales has huge number of indigenous population and they have highest level of smoking rates with a prevalence of around 60%. As a result, we can see that the tobacco related disease is quite higher than the rest of Australian population.
戒烟，像其他形式的烟草消费问题是由于尼古丁的成瘾性。根据英国皇家医师，对尼古丁的依赖性比海洛因。的世界卫生组织烟草控制框架公约的序言，指出，香烟和一些其他产品含有烟草是高度工程化从而创造和维持的依赖，和许多它们所包含的化合物导致上瘾。烟草依赖是分类的疾病主要的国际分类的疾病。吸烟的人生活在澳大利亚是一个问题，特别是土著人生活在不同的农村地区在澳大利亚和北领地。土著人生活在澳大利亚有任何群体在澳大利亚生活的健康最差水平。土著人的经验17年低寿命比其他澳大利亚人和吸烟已被报告为其发病率和死亡率的增加的重要原因之一。如果我们看看统计数据，我们可以发现，在一般人群中吸烟的患病率为49%，1945，达到了17.8%在2004-05年但在土著人吸烟的患病率为50%，1945，一直保持相同的或近十年或以上，甚至更多的（坎宁安，1997）。新南威尔士州的北部海岸有巨大的土著人口数量和他们的患病率约为60%的吸烟率最高水平。作为一个结果，我们可以看到，烟草相关的疾病是相当高于澳大利亚人。
