Background Helping young people to avoid starting smoking is a widely endorsed public
health goal, and schools provide a route to communicate with nearly all young people …

Background The transtheoretical model is the most widely known of several stage‐based
theories of behaviour. It proposes that smokers move through a discrete series of …

Background The effects of Web-and computer-based smoking cessation programs are
inconsistent in randomized controlled trials (RCTs). We evaluated those effects using a meta …

Objective. To test the long-term efficacy of brief counseling plus a computer-based tobacco
intervention for teens being seen for routine medical care. Methods. Both smoking and …

School factors and not solely pupil composition probably cause variation in smoking
prevalence amongst schools, but there are no theoretical models to explain why. In this …

This study examined cognitive and attitudinal responses of adolescents to two inoculation-
based media-literacy intervention approaches designed to reinforce adolescents' attitudes …

Objective: To determine whether value-added education is associated with lower risk of
substance use among adolescents: early initiation of alcohol use (regular monthly alcohol …

Background: There is strong theoretical and empirical support for school connectedness as
an important element of healthy youth development. The primary objective of this study was …

AIM: To examine tobacco use among teenagers, identify factors related to tobacco use, as
well as evaluate the outcome of a smoking prevention program. METHODS: From age 7/8 to …

Previous studies found lower substance use in schools achieving better examination and
truancy results than expected, given their pupil populations (high value-added schools). This …