Mass media and school interventions for cigarette smoking prevention: effects 2 years after completion.
- 1 July 1994
- journal article
- Published by American Public Health Association in American Journal of Public Health
- Vol. 84 (7), 1148-1150
- https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.84.7.1148
Abstract
The long-term cigarette smoking prevention effects of mass media and school interventions were assessed. Adolescents in two communities received both mass media and school interventions; those in two matching communities received only school interventions. Surveys of 5458 students were conducted at baseline in grades 4 through 6 and 2 years after the 4-year interventions were completed, when students were in grades 10 through 12. Students exposed to the media-plus-school interventions were found to be at lower risk for weekly smoking (odds ratio = 0.62, 95% confidence interval = 0.49, 0.78) than those receiving school interventions only, indicating that the effects of the combined interventions persisted 2 years after the interventions' completion.Keywords
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