More than 25 people have enrolled through Gunditjmara Health Clinic for the 10-week quit smoking healthy lifestyle program.

The program is being overseen by the Gunditjmara Tackling Indigenous Smoking initiative.

Now in its fourth year, the initiative’s coordinator at the Gunditjmara Health Clinic is Ken Brown.

“Our aim is to help aboriginal people to reduce their smoking or ideally quit smoking,” Mr Brown said.

“Indigenous people are more susceptible to the adverse health affects of smoking so we need to try and make a difference.

“We are targeting people of all ages, what we do is about education, giving people information they need to help kick the habit.”

Mr Brown works closely with the Clontarf Academy at Warrnambool and Brauer colleges.

Mr Brown said this was an important relationship.

“That is the age group we are trying to have an impact on,” he said.

“It is the age where we want to make sure young people don’t start smoking, it is all about preventing the problems before they start.”