One-Year Effects of Project EX in Spain: A Classroom-Based Smoking Prevention and Cessation Intervention Program.
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 26090821.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0130595 and PMC identifier 4474549.
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Abstract
BACKGROUND: Tobacco use prevalence rates are high among Spanish adolescents. Programming to counteract tobacco use is needed. METHODS AND FINDINGS: The current study provides a one-year follow-up outcome evaluation of Project EX, an eight-session classroom-based curriculum. The intervention was tested using a randomized controlled trial with 1,546 Spanish students, involving three program and three control schools. Compared to the control condition, the program condition revealed a greater reduction in nicotine dependence (p < .05) and CO ppm levels (p < .001), and lower consumption of cigarettes at last month (p = .03). CONCLUSIONS: Long-term outcomes of the Project EX classroom-based program are promising for adolescent prevention and possibly cessation in Spain.
Medical subject headings
- Health Education
- Program Evaluation
- Smoking Cessation
- Smoking Prevention