Change in smoking status among school-aged youth: Impact of a smoking-awareness curriculum, attitudes, knowledge and environmental factors

L.L. Pederson, J.C. Baskerville and N.M. Lefcoe

American Journal of Public Health, 1981, vol. 71, issue 12, 1401-1404

Abstract: The present study examined the relationships between exposure to a smoking awareness curriculum, attitudes toward and knowledge about smoking, sociodemographic and smoking exposure characteristics, and change in smoking status over three years. During this period, 4.5% of the students decreased their involvement with cigarettes, 56.6% reported no change, and 38.9% reported an increase. Exposure to the curriculum did not bear a significant relationship to change in smoking; however, changes in peer smoking, knowledge, and parental smoking were significant predictors.

Date: 1981
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.71.12.1401

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