ArticleChild health nursing research2021
Meta-analysis of the effects of smoking prevention programs for young adolescents.
Article in Child health nursing research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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- A cluster randomized trial comparing photoaging app and school based educational intervention for tobacco use prevention in adolescents.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- Comparisons between young adult waterpipe smokers and nonsmokers' reactions to pictorial health warning labels in Lebanon: a randomized crossover experimental study.Health education research · 2023Trial
- Evaluation of the Effectiveness of a School-Based Smoking Prevention Program Among Young Adolescents in Central Greece: An Analytical, Non-Randomized Interventional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Smoking among adolescents in Jordan: Prevalence, associated factors, and its relation to mental health outcomes.PloS one · 2026Article
- Co-design of the 'OurFutures Vaping' programme: a school-based eHealth intervention to prevent e-cigarette use.Health promotion international · 2025Article
- Tobacco cessation, anti-tobacco education, and smoke-free schools: Findings from the Global Youth Tobacco Survey.Tobacco prevention & cessation · 2024Article
- Determinants of ever smoking and active smoking among school-aged children in Jeddah.Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences · 2023Article
- A Study on the Factors Influencing Smoking in Multicultural Youths in Korea.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Prevention of tobacco use in an adolescent population through a multi-personal intervention model.Tobacco prevention & cessation · 2023Article
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Abstract
purposeThis meta-analysis aimed to analyze the effects of smoking prevention programs for young adolescents at early smoking stages to identify the appropriate characteristics of prevention programs for this population.
methodsSearches of health-related databases and Google Scholar were conducted, and 23 randomized studies were included in the analysis. The main outcome variable was smoking behavior. The analysis was conducted using Comprehensive Meta-Analysis software (version 3.0).
resultsSmoking prevention programs significantly reduced smoking behaviors (OR=0.85, 95% CI=0.77-0.93). School-based programs (OR=0.79, 95% CI=0.75-0.83), programs by trained teachers or educators (OR=0.77, 95% CI=0.71-0.83), high-intensity programs (OR=0.82, 95% CI=0.75-0.91), and programs in an in-school setting (OR=0.82, 95% CI=0.74-0.90) had the most significant effect on reducing smoking behavior.
conclusionFor young adolescents, smoking prevention programs are most effective when they are school-based or highintensity programs, and when conducted by teachers or educators with proper training. Further studies are required since there was insufficient research to explore the effect of web-based programs or family-centered programs on adolescent smokers.
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