title: Effects of a health education curriculum on the smoking intentions of preschool children.
abstract: A smoking questionnaire that was designed to assess children's views about the identity, availability, and use of tobacco products, as well as their intentions to use such products in the future, was given to 150 four-year-old preschool children, 99 of whom had been taught the Preschool Health Education (PHEP) curriculum. Results indicated that significantly fewer of the children who received the PHEP curriculum intended to smoke in the future. Most of the children who intended to smoke were influenced by adult models.
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D002675:Child, Preschool / Q000523:psychology*; D003479:Curriculum; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D000074606:Smoking Prevention