School-based programmes for preventing smoking

Thomas, Roger E.; Perera, Rafael

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“…Findings from several surveys suggest that smoking among adolescents may be on the rise in Malaysia (Institute for Public Health, 2008;Parkinson et al, 2009). The 2003 Global Youth Tobacco Survey of 13-15year olds in Malaysia reported the prevalence of current smoking at 19.9% (35.5% of males and 4.3% of females) (Thomas & Perera, 2006). However, the 2006 Malaysian National Health and Morbidity survey reported that among teenagers aged between 13 and 18 years, 15% indicated that they had tried smoking, and another 8% confessed to being regular smokers (Institute for Public Health, 2008).…”

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“…Evidence on the effectiveness of schoolbased smoking prevention programs carried out in Western developed countries to date has been rather mixed (Flay, 2009;Lantz et al, 2000;Thomas & Perera, 2006). Nevertheless, in countries such as Malaysia and Thailand where respect for the authorities is para mount, particularly among adolescents, antismoking messages provided at the personal level by teachers and doctors may have greater credibility and, hence, may exert a greater influence on the healthrelated beliefs, attitudes, knowledge, and behavior of adolescents when compared with the depersonalized messages provided by government massmedia campaigns.…”

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Effectiveness of Antismoking Media Messages and Education Among Adolescents in Malaysia and Thailand: Findings From the International Tobacco Control Southeast Asia Project

Zawahir¹,

Omar²,

Awang³

et al. 2012

Nicotine & Tobacco Research

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Introduction: Finding ways to discourage adolescents from taking up smoking is important because those who begin smok ing at an earlier age are more likely to become addicted and have greater difficulty in quitting. This article examined whether anti smoking messages and education could help to reduce smoking susceptibility among adolescents in two Southeast Asian coun tries and to explore the possible moderating effect of country and gender.

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Effectiveness of Antismoking Media Messages and Education Among Adolescents in Malaysia and Thailand: Findings From the International Tobacco Control Southeast Asia Project

Zawahir¹,

Omar²,

Awang³

et al. 2012

Nicotine & Tobacco Research

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“…The first preventive programs centered on the risks of tobacco consumption produced few positive results. The inclusion of training in refusal skills improved these results, but these programs were still far from effective (Thomas y Perera, 2006). An effective program should include components aimed at making educators and families aware of their role model effects on adolescents.…”

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El instituto, la familia y el tabaquismo en adolescentes

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Resumen AbstractThe socio-cultural environment is an important factor involved with the onset of smoking during adolescence. Initiation of cigarette smoking occurs almost exclusively during this stage. In this context we aimed to analyze the association of school and family factors with adolescent smoking by a cross-sectional study of 16 secondary schools randomly selected from the Balearic Islands involved 3673 students and 530 teachers.The prevalence of regular smoking (at least one cigarette per week) was 4.8% among first year students, 11.6% among second year students, 14.1% among third year students, 20.9% among fourth year students and 22% among teachers.Among first and second year students, there were independent associations between regular smoking and adolescents' perception of being allowed to smoke at home, belonging to a single parent family, poor relationship with parents, poor academic performance, lack of interest in studies and teachers' perception of smoking in the presence of pupils.Among third and fourth year students, there were independent associations between regular smoking and poor relationship with parents, adolescents' perception of being allowed to smoke at home, poor academic performance, lack of control over student misbehavior and the school attended.The school policies and practices affect student related health behavior regarding smoking, independent of individual and family factors.Key words: smoking, adolescence, schools, teachers, family.El entorno socio-cultural es un importante factor implicado en el inicio del tabaquismo durante la adolescencia. El inicio del tabaquismo ocurre casi exclusivamente en esa etapa. En este contexto, el objetivo era analizar la asociación entre factores escolares y familiares y tabaquismo en adolescentes, mediante un estudio transversal a una muestra aleatoria de 16 centros escolares de las Islas Baleares, donde participaron un total de 3673 escolares de Educación Secundaria Obligatoria (ESO) y 530 profesores de dichos centros. La prevalencia de tabaquismo regular (al menos un cigarrillo por semana) fue de 4,8% entre los estudiantes de primero de ESO, el 11,6% entre los estudiantes de segundo de ESO, el 14,1% entre los estudiantes de tercero de ESO, el 20,9% entre los estudiantes de cuarto de ESO y del 22% entre los profesores. Entre los estudiantes de primero y segundo año, había asociaciones independientes entre el tabaquismo regular y: poder fumar en casa, pertenecer a una familia monoparental, tener una mala relación con los padres, bajo rendimiento académico, falta de interés en los estudios y la propia percepción de los profesores de consumo de tabaco por parte del profesorado en presencia de alumnos. Entre los alumnos de tercero y cuarto de ESO las variables que se mostraron independientemente asociadas al tabaquismo regular fueron: una mala relación con los padres, poder fumar en casa, bajo nivel académico, mayor transigencia del centro escolar sobre la mala conducta del estudiante y el propio centro escolar. Las políticas y prácticas esco...

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“…Schoolinterventies waarbij alleen informatie wordt gegeven behalen nauwelijks universele preventie van middelengebruik onder jongeren positieve resultaten en het effect van schoolprogramma's op cannabisgebruik is op individueel niveau ook niet al te groot (Rigter, 2007). Ook voor schoolinterventies gericht op rookgedrag is gevonden dat informatievoorziening alleen weinig effect lijkt te hebben (Thomas & Perera, 2008). Interventies vanuit een sociale-invloedbenadering lijken wel een remmend effect hebben op de stijging van het percentage rokers (Dijkstra, Mesters, De Vries, Van Breukelen, & Parcel, 1999; De Vries e.a., 1994; Thomas & Perera, 2008).…”

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Universele preventie van middelengebruik onder jongeren

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School-based programmes for preventing smoking

Cited by 137 publications

References 345 publications

Effectiveness of Antismoking Media Messages and Education Among Adolescents in Malaysia and Thailand: Findings From the International Tobacco Control Southeast Asia Project

Effectiveness of Antismoking Media Messages and Education Among Adolescents in Malaysia and Thailand: Findings From the International Tobacco Control Southeast Asia Project

El instituto, la familia y el tabaquismo en adolescentes

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