ArticleAddictive behaviors2016
Project EX-India: A classroom-based tobacco use prevention and cessation intervention program.
Article in Addictive behaviors, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- The use of games in the classroom to promote mental health knowledge and healthy attitudes in adolescents: a systematic review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- Mindfulness for smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022Pooled it
- Developmentally tailored school-based interventions for substance use disorders: A narrative review.Indian journal of psychiatry · 2026Review
- Effectiveness of non-pharmacological school-based therapies for cigarette smoking cessation among adolescents in South and Southeast Asian countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Osong public health and research perspectives · 2025Article
- Studies evaluating of health interventions at schools: an integrative literature review.Revista latino-americana de enfermagem · 2018Review
- Smokeless tobacco use: pattern of use, knowledge and perceptions among rural Bangladeshi adolescents.PeerJ · 2018Article
- Adherence to the Tobacco-Free School Policy in Rural IndiaAsian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP · 2017Article
- Role of Yoga in Management of Substance-use Disorders: A Narrative Review.Journal of neurosciences in rural practiceReview
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Abstract
Tobacco use experimentation is most frequent between the ages of 15–24 in India. Therefore, programming to counteract tobacco use among adolescents is needed. There is a lack of evidence-based teen tobacco use prevention and cessation programs. The current study provides an outcome evaluation of the Project EX tobacco use prevention and cessation program among Indian adolescents (16–18 years). An eight-session classroom-based curriculum was adapted to the Indian context and translated from English to Hindi (local language). Next, it was tested using a quasi-experimental design with 624 Indian students at baseline, involving two program and two control schools, with a three-month post-program follow-up. Project EX involves motivation enhancement (e.g., talk shows and games) and coping skills (e.g., complementary and alternative medicine) components. Program participants rated complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) activities like meditation, yoga and healthy breathing higher than talk shows and games. Compared to the standard care control condition, the program condition revealed a prevention effect, but not a cessation effect. Implications for prevention/cessation programming among Indian teens are discussed. This study was approved by the Independent Ethics Committee, Mumbai.
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