A school-based smoking prevention program for adolescent girls in New York City.
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A school-based smoking prevention program for adolescent girls in New York City.

  • 1989 Jan-Feb

  • By Hynes, M M
  • Source: Public Health Rep. 104(1):83-87
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  • Alternative Title:
    Public Health Rep
  • Personal Author:
    Hynes, M M
  • Description:
    Teenaged girls comprise the largest percentage of new cigarette smokers in the United States today. Factors contributing to smoking initiation include peer pressure, family and social influences, cigarette availability, and cigarette advertising. Because three-quarters of smokers become dependent on cigarettes by age 20, smoking prevention programs aimed at the adolescent population have great potential. The proposed program outlined is directed at girls 12 to 18 years of age in New York City. Among the objectives are increasing students' knowledge of the short- and long-term health effects of smoking and awareness of the social factors which lead to smoking. Participants would be taught social skills and behaviors which could help them to resist initiating smoking, by such activities as assertiveness training through role playing. Endurance sports activities would be emphasized while learning of the effects of smoking on physical conditioning. The costs of such a program are estimated, and classroom activities are outlined.
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    Public Health Rep. 104(1):83-87
  • Pubmed ID:
    2493667
  • Pubmed Central ID:
    PMCnull
  • Document Type:
    Journal Article
  • Place as Subject:
    New York City, NY
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