Prevention of tobacco use among adolescents in public schools in San Diego County, U.S.A.

Elder, John P.; Atkins, Catherine J.; Moor, Carl de; Edwards, Christine C.; Golbeck, Amanda L.; Hovell, Melbourne F.; Molgaard, Craig A.; Nader, Philip R.; Sallis, James F.; Shulkin, J J; Sleet, David A.; Wildey, Marianne B.; Young, Russell L.; Wendt, Günter

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“…Prevention of tobacco use among adolescents represents an important strategy to reduce tobacco use in a population Elder et al, 1989;Li, Fang, & Stanton, 1999; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services [USDHHS], 1994). The majority of adult smokers initiated their tobacco use during adolescence (Choi, Pierce, Gilpin, Farkas, & Berry, 1997;Pierce, Choi, Gilpin, Farkas, & Berry, 1998).…”

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Stay Away from Tobacco: A pilot trial of a school‐based adolescent smoking prevention program in Beijing, China

Chen¹,

Fang²,

Li³

et al. 2006

Nicotine & Tobacco Research

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A quasiexperimental study was conducted to explore the efficacy of the program Stay Away from Tobacco (SAFT). Participants-from 11 classes with 381 students total in grades 7, 8, 10, and 11-were assigned by class to three groups (intervention group T with school teachers delivering the program, intervention group R with researchers delivering the program, and comparison group C). Data were collected at baseline, immediately after the intervention, and 6 months after the intervention. Self-reported smoking was the outcome measure. The 30-day smoking prevalence in group C increased from 4% at baseline to 10% at the 6-month follow-up, whereas this rate declined from 11% to 6% in group T, and from 9% to 1% in group R. For group T, the odds ratio (for 30-day smoking) and the regression coefficient (for indexed number of cigarettes smoked) assessing interactions between intervention and time were 0.20 (p < .001) and -.1605 (p < .05), respectively. The same statistics for group R were 0.09 (p < .001) and -.2406 (p < .01), respectively. The predicted smoking rate declined by 19% from baseline to 6-month follow-up in group T (11.5% vs. 9.3%), and the same rate declined by 26% in group R (11.1% vs. 8.2%). The results from this pilot trial suggest that SAFT can reduce cigarette smoking among middle and high school students through its effect on improving these students' refusal skills and changing their perceived mental and physical values from smoking. A full-scale evaluation is recommended.

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Stay Away from Tobacco: A pilot trial of a school‐based adolescent smoking prevention program in Beijing, China

Chen¹,

Fang²,

Li³

et al. 2006

Nicotine & Tobacco Research

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School-based programmes for preventing smoking

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McLellan

Perera

2013

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Incentives for preventing smoking in children and adolescents

Thomas¹,

Johnston²

2012

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BackgroundAdult smoking usually has its roots in adolescence. If individuals do not take up smoking during this period it is unlikely that they ever will. Further, once smoking becomes established, cessation is challenging; the probability of subsequently quitting is inversely proportional to the age of initiation. One novel approach to reducing the prevalence of youth smoking is the use of incentives. ObjectivesTo determine whether incentives prevent children and adolescents from starting to smoke. We also attempted to assess the dose-response of incentives, the costs of incentive programmes, whether incentives are more or less effective in combination with other interventions to prevent smoking initiation and any unintended consequences arising from the use of incentives. Search methodsWe searched the Cochrane Tobacco Addiction Group Specialized Register, with additional searches of MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, CSA databases and PsycINFO for terms relating to incentives, in combination with terms for smoking and tobacco use, and children and adolescents. The most recent searches were in May 2012. Selection criteriaWe considered randomized controlled trials allocating children and adolescents (aged 5 to 18 years) as individuals, groups or communities to intervention or control conditions, where the intervention included an incentive aimed at preventing smoking uptake. We also considered controlled trials with baseline measures and post-intervention outcomes. Data collection and analysisData were extracted by two authors and assessed independently. The primary outcome was the smoking status of children or adolescents at follow-up who reported no smoking at baseline. We required a minimum follow-up of six months from baseline and assessed each included study for risk of bias. We used the most rigorous definition of abstinence in each trial; we did not require biochemical validation of self-reported tobacco use for study inclusion. Where possible we combined eligible studies to calculate pooled estimates at the longest follow-up using the Mantel-Haenszel fixed-effect method, grouping studies by study design. 1 Incentives for preventing smoking in children and adolescents (Review)

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Prevention of tobacco use among adolescents in public schools in San Diego County, U.S.A.

Cited by 6 publications

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Stay Away from Tobacco: A pilot trial of a school‐based adolescent smoking prevention program in Beijing, China

Stay Away from Tobacco: A pilot trial of a school‐based adolescent smoking prevention program in Beijing, China

School-based programmes for preventing smoking

Incentives for preventing smoking in children and adolescents

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