Trial reportBMC research notes2012
Long-term effectiveness of adolescent brief tobacco intervention: a follow-up study.
Trial report in BMC research notes, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01348646 (Adult Follow-up of Preventive Study With Brief Smoking Intervention for Adolescents), which is not on this map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Adult Follow-up of Preventive Study With Brief Smoking Intervention for Adolescents
Who cites it
4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.
- Interventions for tobacco cessation delivered by dental professionals.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Weaker Self-Esteem in Adolescence Predicts Smoking.BioMed research international · 2015Article
- Dental fear, tobacco use and alcohol use among university students in Finland: a national survey.BMC oral health · 2014Article
- The smoking habit of a close friend or family member--how deep is the impact? A cross-sectional study.BMJ open · 2014Article
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundBrief tobacco intervention has been used in promoting smoking cessation and preventing the initiation of smoking. We used a cohort born in 1979 (n = 2 586) from four cities in Finland. Those born on odd days received up to four brief tobacco interventions during their annual school dental check-ups in 1992-1994 (at the age of 13-15). Those who were born on even days were used as a control group. In 2008 a follow-up questionnaire was sent to the cohort. The aim of this study was to ascertain the long-term effectiveness of brief tobacco intervention given in dental health care during school age.
findingsResponses were received from 529 people in the intervention group and 491 in the control group. In the intervention group and control group by the age of 29 there were 15.3% and 18.5% smokers respectively. This difference was not statistically significant. The difference between groups was similar to that observed when they were 14 years old.
conclusionsBrief tobacco intervention performed in dental health care in adolescence did not show effectiveness in the long-term follow-up. This type of intervention alone is insufficient to prevent smoking but supports other anti-smoking activities.
trial registrationThis study was registered at http://clinicaltrials.gov (NCT01348646).
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