Category: Tobacco Use

Outcomes of these initiatives prevented/reduced the incidence of tobacco use & abuse behaviors and/or increased knowledge regarding the consequences of tobacco use.

Policy – Educational or Curriculum
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X:IT Initiative Description: intervention among students from years 7 to 9, including three main intervention components: (i) completely smoke-free school grounds; (ii) parental involvement comprising two dimensions: (a) smoke-free contract between the student and an adult, preferably one of the parents, and (b) smoke-free dialogues; and (iii) smoke-free curriculum based on self-efficacy training and addressing […]

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Literature Review
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Initiative Description: Systematic literature review on English publications regarding school-based programs implemented in schools for tobacco use prevention. Study Results: School-based tobacco use prevention interventions are effective in reducing smoking prevalence, reducing smoking initiation and intended smoking intentions in the short term Reference: Dobbins, M., DeCorby, K., Manske, S., Goldblatt, E. (2008). Effective practices for […]

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Literature Review
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Initiative Description: Systematic literature review on school-based programs implemented in schools for tobacco use prevention. Study Results: Pure Prevention cohorts showed a significant effect at the longest follow-up, with an average 12% reduction in starting smoking compared to the control groups. However, no overall effect was detected at one year or less. The combined social […]

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Educational or Curriculum – Community Partnership
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Initiative Description: The program included 14 information lessons about smoking and refusal skills training. The 3-year smoking prevention program was also integrated into the standard curriculum. The community-element of the programme included parents, parish confirmation camps and dentists Study Results: Delayed smoking onset. Reference: Vartiainen, E., Pennanen, M., Haukkala, A., Dijk, F., Lehtovuori, R., & […]

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Educational or Curriculum – Environmental Change
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Initiative Description: There were five different levels of interventions: individual, group (peer and family), school, community and population including: students’ smoking-related knowledge, attitudes, abstinence self-efficacy and refusal skills; cigarette availability; school smoking policy; and social support of adolescent smoking. The active participation of students and their parents, school administrators and teachers was strongly emphasized during […]

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Educational or Curriculum – Environmental Change
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RESPIR-NET Initiative Description: Implement the RESPIR-NET program to prevent smoking initiation and consisted of (1) six one-hour educational sessions given by teachers in the classroom, (2) four types of posters with specific messages directed at students, teachers, and parents hung around the school, and (3) parent/child activities at home . Study Results: Decreased second hand […]

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Educational or Curriculum
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Initiative Description: Three‐Year Urban Elementary School Tobacco Prevention Program. The curriculum comprised five, 45‐minute lessons per year. The same trained instructor taught the curriculum all three years. Specifically, the curriculum included the knowledge, attitude, and skill objectives for late elementary and middle school students Study Results: Improved knowledge and refusal attitudes related to tobacco use. […]

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Educational or Curriculum
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Tobacco-Use Prevention Education (TUPE) program https://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/he/at/tupeoverview.asp Initiative Description: A fully implemented TUPE program consists of three components: (1) establishment and enforcement of tobacco-free campus policies, (2) participation in the California Healthy Kids Survey (CHKS), and (3) provision of evidence-based educational curricula for tobacco-use prevention and cessation. Study Results: Decreased tobacco use Reference: Sciacca, J., Eng, […]

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