One-Year Effects of Project EX in Spain: A Classroom-Based Smoking Prevention and Cessation Intervention Program

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 test...

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Autores principales: Gonzálvez, María T., Espada, José P., Orgilés, Mireia, Soto, Daniel, Sussman, Steve
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4474549/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26090821
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0130595
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Sumario: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.

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