Tobacco Radio Programs

Hear Tobacco Educational Programs

Below is a selection of Tobacco educational programs we currently have playing on air on the Yolŋu Radio Service. Simply hit the play audio button to play any track in a popup window.

These files are in MP3 audio format and should play in your default Media Player when you click the Play Audio button

Tobacco programs
Smoking causes Lung cancer Discusses the relationship between smoking and lung cancer. Smoking increases your risk of developing lung cancer. When you smoke around children it can trigger Asthma. Smoking should be avoided when children are close by. Discussion on what’s going to happen in Galiwinku during health week 19:55
Smoking Causes Asthma Further discussion on the relationship between smoking and asthma – Second hand smoke affects the children around you when you smoke, especially in a closed environment 14:47
Smoking causes Heart disease 01 of 2 Smokers can develop heart disease and many other diseases later in life. Do not start smoking if you are a non smoker 13:20
Smoking causes Heart disease 02 of 2 Smoking more than doubles the risk of developing coronary heart disease. Quitting smoking, regular exercise, good food and water will help reduce the risk of heart disease 16:11
Smoking Kills - Part 2 of 3 Djiniyini asks Richard why the doctors always tell people to stop smoking; Discussion of the dangers of smoking. Smoking causes many diseases and often leads to death. Smoking causes serious physical problems to long term smokers which can result in physical disability and even death. There is 4,000 chemicals in a cigarette, 14,000 people are hospitalised everyday in Australia just from smoking and many cases of cancer are caused by smoking.15:48
Smoking Kills - Part 3 of 3 Further discussion about the dangers of smoking. A doctor in Darwin said that it's like a Tsunami is coming in terms of the number of deaths that are caused by smoking. Nicotine is the main addictive chemical present in cigarettes. Doctors took Cigarette companies to court and won the case. Now there is health warnings on all cigarette packets 23:13
Traditional Use of Tobacco - Part One Discussion about the traditional Yolngu use of tobacco introduced through international trade in Arnhem Land 12:56
Traditional Use of Tobacco - Part Two Further discussion about the traditional Yolngu use of tobacco introduced through international trade to Arnhem Land 12:15
Malbaro Red tobacco in Arnhem Land Talks about the use and effect of Marlbaro Red tobacco in Arnhem Land. 12:02
Different methods of smoking tobacco can have different effects Discussion about the different effects of smoking tobacco in different ways 13:37