Developing School-Based Tobacco Use Prevention and

by Steve Sussman; Clyde W. Dent; Dee Burton; Alan W. Stacy; Brian R. Flay

• ISBN13: 9780803949287
• ISBN10: 0803949286
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1994-10-24
• Publisher: Sage Publications
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Summary

A recent report from the United States Surgeon General shows that some school-based tobacco use prevention programmes have proved successful in discouraging first use of tobacco among children. Dissemination of these programmes, however, has been minimal. Taking a health researcher's perspective, the authors of this volume discuss the history, status and needs of school-based tobacco use prevention//cessation research. Issues addressed include how to implement such programmes and the major theoretical and methodological issues involved. Details of the Project Toward No Tobacco Use (TNT) are also covered.

Table of Contents

Foreword

PART ONE: FOUNDATIONS OF SCHOOL-BASED ADOLESCENT TOBACCO USE PREVENTION AND CESSATION PROGRAMS

Beginnings

Tobacco Use Prevalence and Consequences

Focus and Content of Prevention and Cessation Programs

Phases in the History of School-Based Prevention Programs

PART TWO: THEORETICAL BASIS AND METHODOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS OF THE PREVENTION COMPONENT OF PROJECT TOWARDS NO TOBACCO USE (PROJECT TNT)

Social Influence in Etiology and Prevention of Tobacco Use

Sampling, Design and Tracking Issues

Alternative Methods of Assessment of Tobacco-Use-Related Variables

PART THREE: CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, IMPLEMENTATION AND FOLLOW-UP IN PREVENTION

Curriculum Development Applied to Prevention in Project TNT

Lesson Contents and Implementation

Prevention Program Evaluation

PART FOUR: CESSATION COMPONENT OF PROJECT TOWARDS NO TOBACCO USE (TNT)

History, Theoretical Basis and Program Development of Adolescent Tobacco Use Cessation Research

Cessation Clinic Evaluation

PART FIVE: CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS IN TOBACCO USE PREVENTION AND CESSATION PROGRAMS

Discussion of Prevention and Cessation Results

Remaining General Issues in Adolescent Tobacco Use Research