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Intensive family-based programmes to prevent smoking
Summary of the evidence
Intensive family-based programmes for preventing smoking by children and adolescents were found in a systematic review (Thomas et.al., 2015, 27 RCTs), to be effective in:
- reducing cigarette use in adolescents (9 studies, N=4 810) (RR = 0.76, 95 % CI 0.68–0.84)