Effects of a School Tobacco Policy on Student Smoking and Snus Use
| Autor: | Peter Wennberg, Matz Larsson, Tove Sohlberg, Håkan Källmén |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Health (social science) Intervention program Intervention school business.industry Health Policy Early adolescence Public health education Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Intervention (counseling) Snus medicine Lower prevalence business Tobacco policy Demography |
| Zdroj: | Health Behavior and Policy Review. 7 |
| ISSN: | 2326-4403 |
| DOI: | 10.14485/hbpr.7.4.9 |
| Popis: | Objective: A school tobacco policy (STP) commonly is used to reduce smoking among adoles-cents, but the effectiveness of such programs is unclear. We evaluated the impact of an STP on tobacco use in 4 schools. Methods: The study included 4 intervention and 4 control schools, located in the inner city of Stockholm, Sweden. Schools self-selected for assignment to either an intervention program or a comparison group. In total, the study was comprised of 2671 students in grades 9 and 11, ages 15 to 18, and 1998 students (75%) responded to the questionnaire. We used a repeated cross-sectional design with assessment of tobacco use prevalence before im-plementation of the STP in 2016 and after 2 years under the program, in 2018. Results: Two years after the STP, the intervention school in grade 9 showed a lower prevalence (13.5% vs 1.6%) in the proportion of students who reported smoking (χ2 = 4.54; p < .05) whereas the proportion reporting snus use was practically unchanged. We found no statistically significant impact of the STP for grade 11. Conclusions: The results are promising with regard to smoking, when the STP is implemented in early adolescence. (Less) |
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