Statewide demonstration of not on tobacco: a gender-sensitive teen smoking cessation program.
This study represented the largest statewide demonstration (n = 346) of the teen smoking cessation program Not On Tobacco (N-O-T) to date and one of the few systematically controlled teen smoking cessation trials reported in the literature. Results showed that N-O-T female teens were 4 times more likely to quit smoking almost 6 months after the program ended than female teens who received a brief intervention (BI). The quit rate for the N-O-T female groups was significantly higher than that for female brief intervention comparison groups. The study demonstrated that 2 times more N-O-T than BI teens quit smoking overall. Differences in the biochemically validated quit rate between the N-O-T groups and the brief intervention groups overall and for male participants were not statistically different, however. Furthermore, findings showed that N-O-T was more effective than the brief intervention in assisting youth with cigarette reduction. There was a significant difference in the reduction rate between the N-O-T and the BI groups on weekdays and weekends 6 months after the program ended. Overall, approximately 84% of N-O-T teens either quit or reduced smoking, compared with approximately 55% of BI teens. This study is 1 phase of an ongoing multiphase evaluation of N-O-T. This study resulted in several important findings that will help guide future teen cessation studies and tobacco cessation efforts of school health professionals.
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Prevention Research Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA.
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Goldcamp
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Maniar
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Fernandes
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D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D000367:Age Factors; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012574:Schools; D012737:Sex Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000379:methods; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013997:Time Factors