The effectiveness of a tobacco prevention program with adolescents living in a tobacco-producing region.
OBJECTIVE
This study investigated the efficacy of a social-influences tobacco prevention program conducted with adolescents living in a high tobacco production area.


METHODS
Students in 10 experimental schools completed the tobacco prevention program and a booster intervention. Control students received health education as usual.


RESULTS
After 2 years of treatment, smoking rates in the treatment group (vs the control group) were lower for 30-day, 7-day, and 24-hour smoking. The intervention had more of an impact on those who were involved in raising tobacco than it did on those not involved in raising tobacco.


CONCLUSIONS
Although modest, effects were achieved with minimal intervention time in a high-risk group, indicating that social-influences prevention programs may be effective in such groups.
Noland
M P
MP
Department of Kinesiology and Health Promotion, University of Kentucky, Lexington 40506-0219, USA. mnola01@pop.uky.edu
Kryscio
R J
RJ
Riggs
R S
RS
Linville
L H
LH
Ford
V Y
VY
Tucker
T C
TC
D000293:Adolescent; D016497:Adolescent Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D000383:Agriculture; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006266:Health Education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007629:Kentucky; D008297:Male; D010379:Peer Group; D010947:Plants, Toxic; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012572:School Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014026:Nicotiana