Changes in Youth Cigarette Use Following the Dismantling of an Antitobacco Media Campaign in Florida

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• Journal Article:
  Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD)
• Personal Author:
  Dietz, Noella A. ; Westphal, Lori ; Huang, Youjie ; Arheart, Kris L. ; Lee, David J. ; Davila, Evelyn ; Sly, David F.
• Description:
  We examined the association of the termination of a successful youth-targeted antitobacco media campaign ("truth") and changes in smoking rates among youths aged 12-17 years in Florida. Six telephone-based surveys were completed during the active media campaign (1998-2001), and 2 post campaign surveys were completed in 2004 and 2006 (each n approximately 1,800). Prevalence of current smoking among youth observed during the campaign continued to decrease in the first post campaign survey; however, by the second follow-up survey, youth smoking rates had increased significantly for youth aged 16 years or older. Our findings support the need for consistent antitobacco messaging to reduce the prevalence of youth smoking.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Advertising As Topic Attitude To Health Child Cross-Sectional Studies Female Health Promotion Humans Male Prevalence Retrospective Studies Smoking

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• Source:
  Prev Chronic Dis. 7(3).
• ISSN:
  1545-1151
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Florida
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  7
• Issue:
  3
• Collection(s):
  Preventing Chronic Disease
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:53330b9acccece2fd5c03a37455af4df60e3e309d22be98d4bd7c48e40a1f55d305cf332fd866296a9e399684f37ee8c02f3c4d5d91aa4da75338ef8a11bf899
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