Commercial tobacco products are a leading contributor to health disparities for many Indigenous peoples. Mainstream interventions developed for non-Indigenous peoples have been found less effective at addressing these disparities. Meaningful engagement is needed to develop effective measures but there are limited understandings of what engagement means in practice. We conduct a scoping review of studies self-reporting engagement with Indigenous peoples; assess their engagement against ethics guidelines concerning research involving Indigenous peoples and writings of Indigenous scholars; and draw lessons for advancing practice. We found engagement of Indigenous peoples in tobacco control research is practiced in varied ways—who conducts the research, who is engaged with, for what purpose, at what research steps, and what approaches are applied. Engagement ranges from limited to deeper commitment to research as decolonizing practice. Critical reflection along five questions can advance research practice for this purpose.

商业烟草产品是造成许多土著人民健康差距的主要因素。已经发现，为非土著人民开发的主流干预措施在解决这些差距方面效果不佳。需要有意义的参与来制定有效的措施，但是对参与在实践中意味着什么的理解有限。我们对与土著人民进行自我报告交流的研究进行范围审查；评估他们是否参与有关涉及土著人民的研究和土著学者的著作的道德准则；并吸取教训以进行实践。我们发现，土著人民参与烟草控制研究的方式多种多样-谁进行研究，谁进行研究，出于什么目的，在什么研究步骤，采用什么方法进行研究。参与范围从有限到更深入地致力于研究作为非殖民化实践。为此，对五个问题的批判性反思可以促进研究实践。