The prevention of cigarette smoking in children: two- and three-year follow-up comparisons of four prevention strategies

J Behav Med. 1987 Dec;10(6):595-611. doi: 10.1007/BF00846657.

Abstract

Recent studies have suggested that a prevention program that addresses the social influences that encourage smoking can be effective in deterring cigarette use by adolescents. This study presents 1-, 2-, and 3-year follow-up results from two studies which evaluated three variations of the social influences curriculum and compared them to a health consequences program and a usual-care comparison group. These results suggest that a peer-led, social influences program can restrain smoking among both baseline nonsmokers and baseline experimental smokers at 2 years postintervention. Analyses of attrition data suggest no evidence to threaten the internal validity of these findings, although their generalizability to baseline smokers may be limited.

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial
  • Randomized Controlled Trial
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Attitude to Health
  • Child
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Health Education / methods*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Peer Group
  • Risk Factors
  • Smoking / psychology
  • Smoking Prevention*