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School-based Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation: Where Are We Going?Steve Sussman, PhD, FAAHB Objective:
To discuss the past, present, and future directions of school-based
tobacco use prevention and cessation research. Methods: Discuss
the origins of tobacco use prevention research; how prevention research
advanced with empirical etiologic work; the genesis of comprehensive
social influences programming and its contents; multiple modalities
of programming beyond the school setting; and the rebirth of teen
cessation programming and the issue of dissemination. Results:
There are many avenues of teen tobacco use prevention and cessation
research and practice that need continued exploration, particularly
regarding effects mediation and teen cessation. Conclusions:
This discussion provides a background to assist health behavior
researchers and practitioners to move forward in this arena. |