The National Tobacco Strategy (NTS)1 outlines how programs separate from tobacco control programs that address underlying determinants of smoking also help to create environments that support people not to smoke. It talks of the potential benefits that might be gained through investment in programs designed to strengthen community and cultural resources–programs to reduce the chance of educational failure, family conflict, loss of cultural identity and the development of mental health problems. Positive changes from these programs may well reduce uptake among young people of smoking as well as