Reducing cigarette smoking among working adolescents: results from the SMART study.
OBJECTIVE
The SMART Teens Against the Risks of Tobacco Study was designed to test the feasibility and efficacy of tobacco control intervention methods for employed teens.


METHODS
A randomized controlled pilot study tested the efficacy of a behavioral intervention delivered between September, 1999, and August, 2000. Baseline and final survey data were collected on 560 teens in four intervention and five control stores.


RESULTS
Although smoking prevalence decreased and intention to quit increased more among teens in the intervention stores compared to those in the control stores, the differences were not statistically significant.


CONCLUSIONS
The worksite holds promise as a possible venue for tobacco prevention and cessation interventions for youth although further research is needed to increase the efficacy of interventions for this setting.
Stoddard
Anne M
AM
New England Research Institutes, 9 Galen Street, Watertown, MA 02472, USA. astoddard@neriscience.com
Fagan
Pebbles
P
Sorensen
Glorian
G
Hunt
Mary Kay
MK
Frazier
Lindsay
L
Girod
Kathy
K
D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004651:Employment; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008404:Massachusetts / Q000453:epidemiology; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology; D016540:Smoking Cessation; D000074606:Smoking Prevention