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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"smoking prevention"”.
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The Adolescent Smoking Prevention Project: A Web-Based Smoking Prevention for Adolescents
… and 9.2% of high school students reported smoking cigarettes in the past 30 days (CDC, 2014). However, there is currently a lack of evidence-based programs targeting prevention of adolescent smoking. The current study evaluated the effectiveness of a novel web-based adolescent smoking …
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Students' knowledge about tobacco one year after receiving the PAL smoking prevention program
… revealed that the control of cigarette smoking could do more to improve health than any other single action in the field of preventive medicine. In Ontario, since 1989, both Public Health Units and Boards ofEducations have been mandated to provide educational studies related to tobacco …
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Evaluation of Smoking Prevention Television Advertisements by Middle School Youth: Effects of Gender, Ethnicity, and Grade Level
Smoking is the number one preventable cause of cancer deaths, yet more than 3,000 children start smoking each day (United States Department of Health and Human Services [USDHHS], 2001). There is a growing body of evidence that smoking behaviors in youth can be changed through effective health …
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Preventing smoking among 9-10 year old primary school children: evaluation of SmokeFree Sports
Smoking in childhood is a predictive risk factor for smoking in later life and increases the likelihood of early mortality from smoking-related morbidities. Preventing the uptake of smoking in childhood is an important public health priority (Public Health England, 2014a). Evidence suggests …
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The effect of peer and parental smoking on adolescent smoking initiation: Exploring potential moderators
<p>The factors that contribute to smoking initiation among adolescents are poorly understood. The current approaches to smoking prevention may have achieved their maximum potential as evidenced by a stalling in the decline in smoking rates. To date, approaches to smoking prevention based on social …
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Philip Morris Faces "the truth": A Rhetorical Analysis of the Persuasiveness of Two Teen-Targeted Anti-Smoking Advertising Campaigns
… thesis examines the persuasiveness of anti-smoking television advertisements aimed at teens and produced by Philip Morris's Youth Smoking Prevention Program and the American Legacy Foundation's truth campaign. The advertisements are analyzed rhetorically using Kenneth Burke's dramatistic …
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Exploring young people's concepts of smoking addiction: Perceived opportunities to try smoking without becoming addicted
… how young people conceptualise addiction to smoking and, also the relationship between young people's addiction beliefs and intentions to smoke cigarettes. Addiction to smoking is a major health problem, not just for adults, but also for young smokers, up to 60% of whom are dependent on …
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The influence of familial smoking behaviours on adolescent smoking behaviours
… smokers may prove useful in developing effective smoking prevention programs. The purpose of this stUdy was to assess the importance of familial smoking behaviours on adolescent smoking patterns. The results were based on responses to The Grade 7 Lincoln County Smoking Survey designed by Chudzik …
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Cultural and Psychological Predictors of Adolescent Smoking Behaviors
<p>Studies show that smoking rates differ across ethnic groups, but it remains unclear why this is the case or what unique factors predict smoking behaviors in each group. No studies have examined the role culture plays in smoking behaviors in the context of other commonly cited predictors of …
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The association between air pollution and lung cancer in the north west of Adelaide: a case control study and air quality monitoring.
… exposure indices were calculated for cigarette smoking, passive smoking, occupation, air pollution (residential proximity to industry) and hobbies. Data was analysed utilising chi- quared and conditional logistic regression. Ambient carcinogens and fine particulates with potential industrial …
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Perspectives on smoking of Liverpool primary schoolchildren in their early years.
There is a dearth of smoking research involving young children despite the knowledge that the developmental proocess begins in early childhood. This paucity hinders the development of effective smoking prevention strategies, which need to be based on an accurate understanding of the perspectives of …
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Educating Teens on the Risks of Vaping: A QI Project
… were publicly realized, rates of cigarette smoking declined; however, the use of electronic cigarettes (vape devices) has increased, especially among the minor population. An abundance of misinformation about the dangers and risks of vaping is present in the public arena, especially among …
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Adolescent smoking and social norms: an appraisal of theory and application of social norms to understand risk factors for smoking and sensitivity to normative influence
… is examined consistently in the literature is smoking, the social antecedents of which are well-documented and have been explored using a range of different theoretical models which are explored in Chapter 2. <br/><br/>While social norms are important determinants of smoking behaviour, they are …
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Nudging' health behavioural change: behavioral economics, Tobacco control and innovative finance for Cancer control
Tobacco smoking is the leading cause of preventable death globally. Despite the existing traditional economic approaches like taxation, recent progress in tobacco control has plateaued compared to control efforts in nutrition, sexual reproductive health and alcohol. This discrepancy can be …
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What are the factors that predict cigarette smoking among African-American adults?
… and cultural predictors of cigarette smoking were examined among a sample of 175 African-American adults. Participants completed a self-report inventory containing the Beck Depression Inventory, the Perceived Stress Scale, the Speilberger State-Trait Anxiety, the African-American …
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What are the factors that predict cigarette smoking among African-American adults?
… and cultural predictors of cigarette smoking were examined among a sample of 175 African-American adults. Participants completed a self-report inventory containing the Beck Depression Inventory, the Perceived Stress Scale, the Speilberger State-Trait Anxiety, the African-American …
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Predictors of Adolescent E-cigarette Use
… those related to conventional cigarette smoking. Respondents (N = 177; Mean age = 13.23 years; SDage = 0.90; 60.00% female) were recruited from one public middle school and one public high school in Southern California, and completed an in-class survey on smoking and its correlates. A …