Abstract
Recent studies have suggested that a prevention program that addresses the social influences that encourage smoking can be effective in deterring cigarette use by adolescents. This study presents 4- and 5-year follow-up results from two studies which evaluated three variations of this social influences model and compared them to a health consequences program and an existing-curriculum condition. The results suggest that a seventh-grade program, built around the social influences model and taught jointly by same-age peer leaders and local classroom teachers, may reduce 4-year weekly- and daily-smoking cumulative incidence rates, providing the first evidence for any long-term effects for the social influences model. However, the results also suggest that any long-term effects from such interventions are probably limited and may depend heavily on the manner in which the social influences model is translated during the intervention. Additional follow-up studies are needed to clarify the long-term effects of these intervention programs.
Original language | English (US) |
---|---|
Pages (from-to) | 395-405 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Journal of Behavioral Medicine |
Volume | 11 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 1988 |
Keywords
- adolescent
- prevention
- smoking